Astrid Puentes Riaño

Astrid Puentes Riaño is the co-executive director of the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA). She has worked for AIDA since 2003 and also sits on the board of EarthRights International and International Rivers international committee.

Astrid Puentes Riaño é co-diretora executiva da Associação Interamericana para a Defesa do Ambiente (AIDA). Ela trabalha na AIDA desde 2003 e também faz parte da mesa diretora da Earth Rights International e do comitê internacional da International Rivers.

How not to produce energy: lessons from Brazil’s Belo Monte dam

By: Astrid Puentes Riaño
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Due to lack of community consultation and negative socio-environmental impacts, the Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon has become a prime example of how not ...