Improving policies and instruments to address cumulative impacts of small hydropower in the Amazon
Small hydropower plants (SHPs) are rapidly sprawling, both globally and across the Amazon’s free flowingrivers, threatening provision of ecosystem services, river connectivity, biodiversity conservation, and the livelihoods of indigenous and traditional communities. In Brazil, cumulative impacts of SHPs have been largely neglected in planning and policy instruments. In this perspective article, we highlight current policy …