Are economic development and environmental protection really incompatible concepts? Do large projects always disrupt the balance of nature without exception? Are technological interventions always synonymous with the destruction of ecosystems? This book provides the answer.

A journey through the artificial lakes of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), authored by three prominent professors, documents the reality with evidence and proves that our dams and hydroelectric units not only do not destroy the environment but, on the contrary, enhance it.

It was time to clear up confusions, lift misunderstandings, and provide answers that demonstrate how certain technological interventions in nature, when carried out with the right care, can significantly contribute to the improvement of the environment.

This book justifies the work of the PPC with a scientific approach and analysis based on the capture of real data. It validates our efforts and records the huge work the company has done for environmental protection with projects, significant budgets, sensitivity, and realism.

Through the pages of this publication, the artificial lakes of the PPC emerge as works of great and multifaceted contribution to the region. Works that, besides energy production and economic development, contribute to the aesthetic enhancement of landscapes, create exemplary wetlands, help ecosystems, and allow the beauty and strength of nature to shine and prevail.

The book by the three professors is a work built with the materials of labor and courage, written with respect for the truth. A work that, at the dawn of the new millennium, speaks the language of a quite hopeful future.