The document outlines key details about the Belo Monte hydroelectric powerplant project in Pará State, Brazil. It shows the location of the dam and power buildings on the Xingu River and describes how the dam will flood areas of rainforest to form a reservoir. It also indicates that new conservation areas will be established and notes how the project will impact urban and indigenous communities in the region.

1. BELO MONTE powerplant site Pará State Transamazônica BR-230 Altam ira Vitória do Xingu Brasil Novo Senador José Porfírio Anapu Altamira Belo Monte Sítio Pimental The ‘Volta Grande do Xingu’ area (Xingu river basin)

2. VIABILITY ENGINEERING ARRANGEMENT Derivation for the reservoir Reservoir (flooding rainforest area) Sítio Pimental (main dam) Sítio Belo Monte (main power building) Natural river basin Natural river basin

3. Xingu River basin reduced water flow section New reservoir formed in natural rainforest area

4. SÍTIO PIMENTAL (main dam & 2nd power building)

5. TRANSAMAZÔNICA ROAD SÍTIO BELO MONTE (main power building)

6. ESTABLISHING NEW AMAZON RAINFOREST CONSERVATION AREAS (in Xingu river basin right side -yellow)

7. URBAN POOR LIVING CONDITIONS PRIOR BELO MONTE PROJECT

8. FLOODED URBAN AREA: igarapé vicinity (Altamira city) Igarapé: small river branches under natural flooding dynamic

9. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THE POWERPLANT PROJECT The BELO MONTE influence area (red) and the Indian reserves in Pará State TUCURUÍ POWERPLANT (IN OPERATION SINCE THE 80’S)

10. Belo Monte project: public presentations for Indian Communities (mandatory procedure for environmental licence approval)