Charcoal ovens in Maranhão, a north-eastern state of Brazil. Brazil is one of the world’s largest consumers of wood charcoal . Brazil also has the largest renewable energy market in Latin America, generating up to 70% of electricity from renewable sources. But this still has its negative impacts on the environment, with hydroelectric dams displacing and destroying livelihoods of indigenous communities. The Belo Monte dam is the most contentious; set to be the world’s fourth largest , it would generate 11,000 MW of energy, but at the cost of the welfare of local communities.