Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion

被引:106
作者
Flecker, Alexander S. [1 ]
Shi, Qinru [2 ]
Almeida, Rafael M. [1 ,3 ,37 ]
Angarita, Hector [4 ,5 ,6 ]
Gomes-Selman, Jonathan M. [7 ]
Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt [1 ,8 ]
Sethi, Suresh A. [3 ]
Thomas, Steven A. [9 ]
Poff, N. LeRoy [10 ,11 ]
Forsberg, Bruce R. [12 ,13 ]
Heilpern, Sebastian A. [3 ,14 ]
Hamilton, Stephen K. [15 ,16 ,17 ]
Abad, Jorge D. [18 ,38 ]
Anderson, Elizabeth P. [19 ,20 ]
Barros, Nathan [21 ]
Bernal, Isabel Carolina [22 ]
Bernstein, Richard [2 ,23 ]
Canas, Carlos M. [24 ,39 ]
Dangles, Olivier [25 ]
Encalada, Andrea C. [26 ]
Fleischmann, Ayan S. [27 ,40 ]
Goulding, Michael [28 ]
Higgins, Jonathan [29 ]
Jezequel, Celine [30 ]
Larson, Erin, I [1 ,31 ]
McIntyre, Peter B. [3 ]
Melack, John M. [32 ]
Montoya, Mariana [24 ]
Oberdorff, Thierry [30 ]
Paiva, Rodrigo [27 ]
Perez, Guillaume [2 ]
Rappazzo, Brendan H. [2 ,23 ]
Steinschneider, Scott [33 ]
Torres, Sandra [34 ,35 ]
Varese, Mariana [24 ]
Walter, M. Todd [33 ]
Wu, Xiaojian [2 ,41 ]
Xue, Yexiang [2 ,23 ,36 ]
Zapata-Rios, Xavier E. [34 ,35 ]
Gomes, Carla P. [2 ,23 ]
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Cornell Univ, Inst Computat Sustainabil, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[3] Cornell Univ, Dept Nat Resources & Environm, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[4] Nature Conservancy, Northern Andes & South Cent Amer Conservat Progra, Bogota 110231, Colombia
[5] Stockholm Environm Inst Latin Amer, Bogota 110231, Colombia
[6] Stanford Univ, Dept Biol, Palo Alto, CA 94305 USA
[7] Stanford Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Palo Alto, CA 94305 USA
[8] Ctr Peruano Biodiversidad & Conservac, Iquitos 16001, Peru
[9] Univ Nebraska, Sch Nat Resources, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA
[10] Colorado State Univ, Dept Biol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[11] Univ Canberra, Inst Appl Ecol, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia
[12] Natl Inst Amazonian Res, BR-69060001 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
[13] Vermont Dept Environm Conservat, Montpelier, VT 05620 USA
[14] Columbia Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Environm Biol, New York, NY 10027 USA
[15] Michigan State Univ, WK Kellogg Biol Stn, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 USA
[16] Michigan State Univ, Dept Integrat Biol, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 USA
[17] Cary Inst Ecosyst Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545 USA
[18] Univ Ingn & Tecnol, Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agua, Lima 15063, Peru
[19] Florida Int Univ, Dept Earth & Environm, Miami, FL 33199 USA
[20] Florida Int Univ, Inst Environm, Miami, FL 33199 USA
[21] Univ Fed Juiz de Fora, Dept Biol, BR-36036900 Juiz De Fora, Brazil
[22] Escuela Politec Nacl, Dept Geol, Quito 170525, Ecuador
[23] Cornell Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[24] Wildlife Conservat Soc Peru, Lima 15048, Peru
[25] Univ Montpellier, Univ Paul Valery Montpellier, Ctr Ecol Fonct & Evolut, EPHE,UMR 5175,IRD,CNRS, F-34293 Montpellier, France
[26] Univ San Francisco Quito, Inst BIOSFERA, Lab Ecol Acuat, Quito 170150, Ecuador
[27] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Hydraul Res, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
[28] Wildlife Conservat Soc, New York, NY 10460 USA
[29] Nature Conservancy, 1815 N Lynn St, Arlington, VA 22203 USA
[30] UMR EDB Lab Evolut & Diversite Biol, UPS, IRD253, CNRS 5174, F-31062 Toulouse, France
[31] Alaska Pacific Univ, Inst Culture & Environm, Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
[32] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Bren Sch Environm Sci & Management, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[33] Cornell Univ, Dept Biol & Environm Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[34] Escuela Politec Nacl, Dept Ingn Civil & Ambiental, Quito 170143, Ecuador
[35] Escuela Politec Nacl, Ctr Invest & Estudios Recursos Hidr, Quito 170143, Ecuador
[36] Purdue Univ, Dept Comp Sci, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
[37] Univ Texas Rio Grande Valley, Sch Earth Environm & Marine Sci, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA
[38] Red YAKU, Res Educ & Dev, Lima 15084, Peru
[39] Natl Ecol Observ Network, Domain 03, Gainesville, FL 32609 USA
[40] Mamiraua Inst Sustainable Dev, BR-69553225 Tefe, Brazil
[41] Meta, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
关键词
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; RIVER-BASIN; FLOW; DAMS; FISH; BIODIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;
D O I
10.1126/science.abj4017
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Proposed hydropower dams at more than 350 sites throughout the Amazon require strategic evaluation of trade-offs between the numerous ecosystem services provided by Earth's largest and most biodiverse river basin. These services are spatially variable, hence collective impacts of newly built dams depend strongly on their configuration. We use multiobjective optimization to identify portfolios of sites that simultaneously minimize impacts on river flow, river connectivity, sediment transport, fish diversity, and greenhouse gas emissions while achieving energy production goals. We find that uncoordinated, dam-by-dam hydropower expansion has resulted in forgone ecosystem service benefits. Minimizing further damage from hydropower development requires considering diverse environmental impacts across the entire basin, as well as cooperation among Amazonian nations. Our findings offer a transferable model for the evaluation of hydropower expansion in transboundary basins.
引用
收藏
页码:753 / +
页数:34
相关论文
共 99 条
[1]  
Agencia Nacional de Energia Eletrica (ANEEL Brasil), 2018, INV HIDR
[2]   Climate change may impair electricity generation and economic viability of future Amazon hydropower [J].
Almeida, Rafael M. ;
Fleischmann, Ayan S. ;
Breda, Joao P. F. ;
Cardoso, Diego S. ;
Angarita, Hector ;
Collischonn, Walter ;
Forsberg, Bruce ;
Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt ;
Hamilton, Stephen K. ;
Hannam, Phillip M. ;
Paiva, Rodrigo ;
Poff, N. LeRoy ;
Sethi, Suresh A. ;
Shi, Qinru ;
Gomes, Carla P. ;
Flecker, Alexander S. .
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, 2021, 71
[3]   Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning [J].
Almeida, Rafael M. ;
Shi, Qinru ;
Gomes-Selman, Jonathan M. ;
Wu, Xiaojian ;
Xue, Yexiang ;
Angarita, Hector ;
Barros, Nathan ;
Forsberg, Bruce R. ;
Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt ;
Hamilton, Stephen K. ;
Melack, John M. ;
Montoya, Mariana ;
Perez, Guillaume ;
Sethi, Suresh A. ;
Gomes, Carla P. ;
Flecker, Alexander S. .
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2019, 10 (1)
[4]  
Amazon EcoVistas, VISUALIZATION ECOSYS
[5]   Fragmentation of Andes-to-Amazon connectivity by hydropower dams [J].
Anderson, Elizabeth P. ;
Jenkins, Clinton N. ;
Heilpern, Sebastian ;
Maldonado-Ocampo, Javier A. ;
Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando M. ;
Encalada, Andrea C. ;
Francisco Rivadeneira, Juan ;
Hidalgo, Max ;
Canas, Carlos M. ;
Ortega, Hernan ;
Salcedo, Norma ;
Maldonado, Mabel ;
Tedesco, Pablo A. .
SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2018, 4 (01)
[6]  
[Anonymous], 2015, LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin
[7]   Impacts of climate change and deforestation on hydropower planning in the Brazilian Amazon [J].
Arias, Mauricio E. ;
Farinosi, Fabio ;
Lee, Eunjee ;
Livino, Angela ;
Briscoe, John ;
Moorcroft, Paul R. .
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 2020, 3 (06) :430-436
[8]   Yields of suspended sediment and dissolved solids from the Andean basins of Ecuador [J].
Armijos, Elisa ;
Laraque, Alain ;
Barba, Sonia ;
Bourrel, Luc ;
Ceron, Catalina ;
Lagane, Christelle ;
Magat, Philippe ;
Moquet, Jean Sebastien ;
Pombosa, Rodrigo ;
Sondag, Francis ;
Vauchel, Philippe ;
Vera, Andrea ;
Guyot, Jean Loup .
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES, 2013, 58 (07) :1478-1494
[9]   Suspended sediment dynamics in the Amazon River of Peru [J].
Armijos, Elisa ;
Crave, Alain ;
Vauchel, Philippe ;
Fraizy, Pascal ;
Santini, William ;
Moquet, Jean-Sebastien ;
Arevalo, Nore ;
Carranza, Jorge ;
Guyot, Jean-Loup .
JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES, 2013, 44 :75-84
[10]   Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions [J].
Athayde, Simone ;
Mathews, Mason ;
Bohlman, Stephanie ;
Brasil, Walterlina ;
Doria, Carolina R. C. ;
Dutka-Gianelli, Jynessa ;
Fearnside, Philip M. ;
Loiselle, Bette ;
Marques, Elineide E. ;
Melis, Theodore S. ;
Millikan, Brent ;
Moretto, Evandro M. ;
Oliver-Smith, Anthony ;
Rossete, Amintas ;
Vacca, Raffaele ;
Kaplan, David .
CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, 2019, 37 :50-69