“…In total, 28 papers deal with hydropower plants, especially in the Amazon region (Fearnside;Barbosa, 1996a;Fearnside, 2005Fearnside, , 2006Fearnside, , 2013Fearnside, , 2014Fearnside, , 2015Hernandez, 2012), including discussions on the relationship between environmental lilcensing procedures and infrastructure planning (Fearnside, 2002). Regarding the Belo Monte project -the latest controversial large dam in the Amazon -there are papers discussing the weaknesses in citizen participation, especially indigenous peoples (Hochstetler, 2011;Jaichand;Sampaio, 2013) uncertainties in the studies (Sousa Júnior;Reid, 2010), capacity to mitigate negative effects (Berchin et al, 2005), and one paper highlighting Number of papers the positive aspects of this project (Tundisi et al, 2015).…”