The World Commission on Dams held its Latin America Regional Consultation on Dams on 12-13 August 1999, at the Rebouças Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil.

For the first time in Latin America, governments, companies, and NGOs involved in the debate over large dams met to discuss the economic, social, and environmental impacts of dams.

The full report of this consultation is available as a single document in Acrobat PDF format.
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• Summary of Latin America Consultation
• Consultation press release - em Português, en Español
• Call for submissions - Petición De Contribuciones - Convite para relatos
• Consultation Programme with links to full submissions where available
• Abstracts of presentations to panels:
  1. Large Dams and their Alternatives in Brazil - em Português
  2. Large Dams and their Alternatives: Future Energy Trends
  3. Large Dams and Indigenous/Traditional people
  4. Large Dams and the Environment
  5. Large Dams and their alternatives : Social & Resettlement Issues
  6. Large Dams and Decision Making: Conflict & Negotiation
  7. Large Dams and Decision Making: Policy & Institutional Frameworks
• Post-Consultation Press Release - em Português, ">en Español
• In the Eye of the Beholder: Brazil's Wealth of Rivers an article by WCD Secretary-General Achim Steiner - em Português
• Statistics: Brazil: A Major Hydro Power - em Português
• Other Information: em Português, en Español
• WCD case study : Brazil's Tucuruí dam