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bicusa.org/ Problem Project Corredor Norte (Bolivia) BIC is no longer actively working on this project. Overview Financing Updates Images Resources Contacts RSS Update \| 24 July 2011 ABC to begin US$118mn La Paz highway project by early 2012 The project will require an investment of some US$118mn, being financed to the tune of US$103mn by a World Bank loan and US$15mn in counterpart funding by the La Paz government. Read more Update \| 18 May 2011 Bolivia: The World Bank and the Government recognize deficiencies in the Takana's Indigenous Plan The World Bank and the Government of Bolivia recognize the observations of the TCO Takana I on deficiencies in the Indigenous Peoples Plan of the Ixiamas - San Buenaventura Highway project and accept to start a process to improve the Indiginous Plan even after the project was approved. Read more Update \| 4 April 2011 Governance in the Ixiamas–San Buenaventura Highway as a World Bank's Tangible ‘Additionality’ The project has a great potential to reorder and even positively or negatively change the dinamics of development and conservation in the region. Bolivia's government has decided that the PAD will not be public before it's approved. It seems that the project underestimates its indirect influence, and there are shortcomings in planification and consultation. Read more Press Clipping \| 20 December 2010 Study: Catastrophic drought could turn La Paz, Bolivia, and surroundings into desert by 2040 The Bolivian capital of La Paz and its surroundings, home to nearly 2 million people, is poised to experience a catastrophic drought that will turn productive grasslands into arid deserts as soon as 2040 due to rising temperatures, a new study concludes. Read more Press Clipping \| 7 September 2010 Cachuela Esperanza has no Technical, Economic or Environmental Feasibility The construction of an imense hydroelectric dam in Cachuela Esperanza, which the government of Evo Morales plans to install in the Northeast is not feasable in technical, economic and environmental terms, as warned by Jorge Molina, expert of the Hydraulic Institute of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés de La Paz. Read more Press Clipping \| 2 September 2010 Morales Announces that Studies for Construction of Cachuela Esperanza Dam Have Been Concluded President Evo Morales announced on tuesday that the study and final design for the construction of a massive hydroelectric plant in Canchuela Esperanza, northeast Bolivia, have been concluded. The plant will generate 990 megawatts, almost the cureent energy demand of the whole country. Read more Press Clipping \| 26 August 2010 Rurrenabaque: The Pearl of Econtourism in the Amazon in Risk of Becoming a Dusty Transit Town Every year about 30 thousand tourists from Europe, Asia, North America and Israel visit Rurrenabaque, known as the Pearl of the ecotourism in the Amazon, which runs the risk of becoming a dusty and polluted town of transit. Read more Press Clipping \| 27 July 2010 Bolivian Deputy Minister of Environment and Director of Environment submit their resignation Bolivian Deputy Minister of Environment Juan Pablo Ramos and Director Environment Luis Beltrán submitted irrevocable resignation from their posts on Friday of last week, after government officials tried to force them to sign an environmental permit for the construction of a highway in the Chapare region of Cochabamba. Read more Press Clipping \| 21 July 2010 Mayors in Bolivian Amazon expel USAID from their municipalities Municipal mayors in the Pando departament, located in the Bolivian Amazon, decidided to expel several NGOs, foundations and companies operating in their territories. Read more Update \| 21 July 2010 Bolivia aumentará su producción de energía con cuatro proyectos La Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (ENDE) de Bolivia destacó que ejecuta cuatro proyectos hidroeléctricos que aportarán al Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN) 1.226 megavatios (MW), adicionales a los 900 MW que actualmente distribuye. Read more Update \| 10 January 2010 The Challenges of "Vivir Bien" - Living Well: Bolivian Debate Indigenous, university, academic and NGO organizations participated in the symposium on Vivir Bien within the V Latin American and Social Science Conference (CLASO) in La Paz, Bolivia. Read more Press Clipping \| 28 November 2009 ¿Lula Suggests to Evo that both work to favor Brazilian companies? Saturday the 22 of August in Villa Tunari, Cochabamba, an agreement between Bolivia and Brasil was finalized to build a highway between Cochabamba (Villa Tunari) and Beni (San Ignacio de Moxos). Highway to Beni: Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos Read more Press Clipping \| 27 November 2009 Colonization Settlements are Consolidated in Pando Read more Press Clipping \| 25 October 2009 Bolivia announces Amazon development projects Bolivian President Evo Morales announced the implementation of several development projects in the Amazon department of Pando in hopes of making it a center of development in the country. Read more Update \| 24 October 2009 "Vivir Bien" - The search for a new paradigm in Bolivia Read more Press Clipping \| 24 October 2009 Brazilian Settlements in Pando Awaken Tensions Lula and Evo coordinate the return of 1,000 Brazilians located in Pando. Some call for the defense of their lands. Read more Update \| 10 October 2009 From No Man's Land to Land for All Pando on the one year anniversay of the Porvenir Massacre Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Oil Exploration in Northern La Paz Divides Indigenous Organizations Read more Press Clipping \| 23 July 2009 Government announces creation of businesses in the Bolivian Amazon Bolivian government announced the creation of a 100 million dollars fund for four state businesses in the Amazon. for a lumber company, tropical frutes, and rubber. The government's hope is that, with these new businesses the people in the north of Bolivia will have more opportunities to work and earn higher wages. Read more Press Clipping \| 22 July 2009 Bolivian government did not consult Indigenous peoples regarding oil exploration Indigenous peoples organizations emphasize that the government did not consult with them on various oil explorations. Because they were not consulted, there is no established forum for their complaints. Read more Press Clipping \| 22 July 2009 The law of community resettlement and the new constitution will increase space for indigenous Groups in Bolivia's Pando department, whose land rights have been historically compromised, look to the resettlement plan as a way to firmly establish their rights under the new constitution. Read more Press Clipping \| 21 July 2009 Resettlement plan for the region of Pando could cost US$21 million Minister of Land, Alejandro Almaraz, announced yesterday that according to a preliminary estimate the Government’s resettlement plan for 2,000 families in the department of Pando could require approximately US$21 million. Under the plan developed by the Government, there are 600,000 hectares of land to distribute this year in three regions of the country. 200,000 hectares of those are in the department of Pando. Read more Press Clipping \| 20 July 2009 Over $1 Billion in funding available for oil exploration in Northern La Paz The Society formed by GTLI y Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales awaiting an environmental license and Petroandina has entered the phase of seismic studies. Read more Press Clipping \| 25 May 2009 PetroPeru says Indigenous protests causing fuel shortages in Peru State-owned oil company Petroperu said Sunday protests organized by Indians in Peru’s Amazon region were causing fuel shortages in several jungle cities. Read more Update \| 21 January 2009 Case study: Corredor Norte BICECA Monthly Bulletin 2009 Read more Print this page Email this page

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