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Research article
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08 May 2018
Research article |
| 08 May 2018
| 08 May 2018
Basin-scale impacts of hydropower development on the Mompós Depression wetlands, Colombia
Héctor Angarita
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
The Nature Conservancy, Bogotá, Colombia
Grupo de ecología y territorio, Facultad de estudios ambientales y rurales, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Albertus J. Wickel
Stockholm Environment Institute US Center, Davis, California, USA
Jack Sieber
Stockholm Environment Institute US Center, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
John Chavarro
Centro de Investigación en Ciencias y Recursos GeoAgroAmbientales CENIGAA, Neiva, Colombia
Javier A. Maldonado-Ocampo
Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Guido A. Herrera-R.
Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologiques (EDB), Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse III, France
Juliana Delgado
The Nature Conservancy, Bogotá, Colombia
David Purkey
Stockholm Environment Institute US Center, Davis, California, USA
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Short summary
The Magdalena River basin has great hydropower potential. A number of large dams are proposed in the upstream reaches of the two largest rivers that converge in the lowland floodplains. While these dams are expected to more than double national electricity production, the implications for the wetlands and the people that depend on them are highly uncertain. Our assessment of these implications provides insights to guide basin-level infrastructure development and ecosystem conservation projects.
The Magdalena River basin has great hydropower potential. A number of large dams are proposed in...
