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bicusa.org/ Problem Project Southern Interoceanic Highway (Peru-Brazil) BIC is no longer actively working on this project. Overview Concerns Updates Images Contacts RSS Press Clipping \| 11 August 2011 BRAZIL: Soy Boom Drives Westward Expansion of Railroads Read more Press Clipping \| 9 August 2011 Peru: Gold rush another blight to ailing Amazon jungle With gold’s price soaring globally as the metal became a hedge against financial uncertainty, the army of small-scale miners in the state of Madre de Dios has swelled to some 40,000. The result: Diesel exhaust sullies the air, trees are toppled to get at the sandy, gold-flecked earth and the scars inflicted on the land are visible on satellite photos. Read more Press Clipping \| 9 August 2011 BRAZIL: Soy Boom Drives Westward Expansion of Railroads Despite high interest rates and high household electricity tariffs, Brazilian economy has been growing at the highest rates seen in decades. Another problem that, although not in the way of growth, must be overcome is the costly use of roads for transporting farm products – issue being addressed by the expansion of railway networks. Read more Press Clipping \| 24 July 2011 Commercial influence in Brazil worries Peruvians In 2010, the Brazilian direct investment in Peru was US$1.014 billion, almost triple that in 2009, when it was $492 million . The Chamber of Commerce Peru-Brazil (Capebras) estimated investment to reach $32 billion in 2016. Read more Press Clipping \| 7 May 2011 Southern Interoceanic Highway generated benefits worth US$3 billion The construction of the Peru-Brazil Southern Interoceanic Corridor (IIRSA SUR) has generated economic benefits worth US$3 billion, reported the President of Peru’s Supervisory Board for Investment in Public Transport Infrastructure (Ositran), Juan Carlos Zevallos. Read more Press Clipping \| 10 April 2011 Goverance & sustainable local development: necessary mix for Southern Highway Read more Update \| 20 December 2010 Peru Congress approves law protecting areas affected by Southern Highway In a bill that was proposed in 2008, the Peruvian Congress Commission on Andean, Indigenous and Afro-Peruvian Peoples, Environment and Ecology, approved a bill to protect the areas and biodiversity affected by the Southern Interoceanic highway. The bill awaits the President's signature. Read more Update \| 14 December 2010 Peru Civil Society Calls for Greater Governance in new CAF Loan to IIRSA Sur Highway Read more Update \| 23 November 2010 MINAM convenes workshops to finalize Interoceanic Highway mitigation 2nd phase Read about the upcoming regional workshops in Puerto Maldonado, Puno and Cusco, organized by the Peruvian Environment Ministry. Read more Press Clipping \| 13 November 2010 Peruvians brace as superhighway unfolds The Transoceanic Highway, evoking engineering marvels such as the Transcontinental Railroad and the Panama Canal, has been talked about for decades, assuming a mythic stature that has led many to question whether the east-west thoroughfare linking Brazil's Atlantic ports with the Pacific docks of Peru would ever come to pass. Read more Update \| 27 October 2010 Proposals for governance in the Peruvian Amazon Authors Claudia Enrique and Vanessa Cueto of Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) in Peru conducted an independent assessment of a program to mitigate the social and environmental effects of the highway currently being built in Peru. Read more Press Clipping \| 22 October 2010 CAF's mission inspected progress of works of the Southern Inter Oceanic Highway Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) informed about the progress of the Inter-Oceanic Highway construction as well as the achievements of the productive projects implemented to improve the quality of life of people in the area of influence of the corridor. Read more Press Clipping \| 20 October 2010 Peru: A highway built to be flooded Construction workers are fighting the clock to finish the last stretch of the Southern Inter-Oceanic Highway, in southeastern Peru, apparently unaware that about 100 kilometres of this road connecting to Brazil will be covered by water once the Inambari hydroelectric dam is built nearby. Read more Press Clipping \| 15 September 2010 CAF mission inspects progress of Southern Interoceanic Highway works A CAF delegation – formed by Infrastructure Vice President Antonio Juan Sosa, and CAF representative director in Peru Eleonora Silva Pardo – visited Madre de Dios and Cusco departments to monitor the progress of construction of the Southern Interoceanic Highway. Read more Press Clipping \| 9 September 2010 Inter-Oceanic Highway to benefit exporters in Brazil and Peru Later this year, Peru will begin to send their exports to Brazil via the Southern Inter-Oceanic Highway, said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Martin Perez. Read more Press Clipping \| 8 September 2010 Interoceanic Highway: A Dangerous Dream The new highway that will connect Brazil to Peru by the end of this year threatens one of the last great treasures of humanity. Read more Press Clipping \| 2 August 2010 Slack Oversight of Peru's Amazon Rainforest Fifty-three percent of Peru is covered with native rainforest, but the agencies in charge of protecting and monitoring this vast area are toothless and have neither the staff nor the resources to cope with the job, according to a report from the Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsperson's Office). Read more Press Clipping \| 2 August 2010 Child Prostitution Spreads Throughout the New Highway in Peru Human rights defense entities estimate that each year, around 1,200 girls from 12 to 17 years of age come to the roadside camps set for workers of the extractive industries to work as prostitutes. Read more Press Clipping \| 2 August 2010 Interoceanic Highway Damages the Amazon in Brazil and Peru In Guacamayo, in the province of Madre de Dios, in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, the million-dollar business of illegal glod extraction threatens to destroy the region. Read more Press Clipping \| 27 July 2010 Garcia opens US$68mn stretch of Interoceanica Sur Peru's President Alan Garcia has inaugurated the first stretch of the Interoceanica Sur highway, which required an investment of more than US$68mn, the presidential website reported. Read more Press Clipping \| 21 July 2010 Section 2 of Southern Interoceanic Highway will be completed by November The Supervisory Body on Public Transport Infrastructure Investment (Ositran) estimated that Section 2 of the Southern Interoceanic Highway will be completely ready by this coming November. Read more Update \| 9 July 2010 Warning signs for the future of the Peruvian Amazon This month's edition of the BICECA Monthly Bulletin features a summary of the event entitled "Oil and Mining Booms and Sustainable Development: Lessons from Peru for Development Planning & Revenue Management at the National and subnational level" (Washington, DC, June 16, 2010). Read more Press Clipping \| 22 February 2010 MINAM launches consultation on Peru national climate strategy Read more Update \| 20 February 2010 No More of the Same - the Search for Governance 0n the Southern Interoceanic Highway Read more Press Release \| 28 January 2010 The Desired Future of the Peruvian Amazon 2021? Book Launch: Jan. 26 & 27, 2009 - Lima, Peru: Peruvian Amazon in 2021-Infrastructure and the Exploitation of Natural Resources: What is happening and what does it mean for the future? by Marc Dourojeanni, Alberto Barandiarán y Diego Dourojeanni is a publication in which the authors fill a informational gap that exists for Peruvian citizens regarding what the government and private investors plan to do in the coming decade in the Peruvian Amazon. Read more Press Clipping \| 27 January 2010 Peru lacks Amazon development plan Expert in envrionmental issues Marc Dourojeanni criticized Peru for its lack of an Amazon Development Plan and warned that the Peruvian jungle will experience irreversible changes if even a third of the planned projects are implemented over the next 12 years. Read more Press Clipping \| 20 January 2010 CAF approves another $200 million for Southern Interoceanic Highway The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) confirmed today that it has approved an additional loan of 200 million dollars for the implementation of the final phase of of sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Southern Interoceanic Highway (CVIS). The total cost of the project, originally set at $892 million in 2006 could now exceed $2 billion. Read more Press Clipping \| 19 January 2010 Andean Development Corporation loans $200 million to Peru for Interoceanic highway The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) approved a loan of 200 million dollars to Peru for the implementation of the final phase of sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Southern Interoceanic Highway (CVIS), the organization confirmed today. Read more Press Clipping \| 5 January 2010 Over a mile of new road Interoceanic collapsed without having been opened The construction company blames illegal mining, while the authorities blame the own construction company Read more Press Clipping \| 19 December 2009 Brazil and Peru Deepen Interoceanic Integration Read more Update \| 5 December 2009 CAF approves grant to prepare stage two mitigation project for Interoceanica Sur The government of Peru approved a resolution authorizing the use of a non-reimbursable technical cooperation from the CAF to begin the design of second generation project to mitigate the direct and indirect impacts of the Southern Interoceanic Highway. Read more Press Clipping \| 10 November 2009 Madre de Dios: Buried in Mercury A flight over the forest between Madre de Dios and Puno provides a panoramic view of the devastation: thousands of tons of removed soil and forests that have disappeared or been buried beneath waste left by years of intense and illegal gold mining activity in the Amazon. Read more Press Clipping \| 25 October 2009 IDB to finance road maintenance and improvement program in Peru A $150 million loan will help expand and refurbish the road network, putting the country on a stronger economic footing. Read more Press Clipping \| 25 October 2009 Informal Mining in Peru Moves up to $650 million Small and medium-scale mining in Peru are no longer artisan activities. They have become a veritable machinery complex, moving millions of dollars on the black market. The general director of Mining at the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Víctor Vargas, acknowledged that this activity is no longer exclusive to Puno and Madre de Dios, and has in fact extended throughout the entire country. Read more Update \| 8 October 2009 Peru approves regulations for National Environmental Impact Assessment System Peru approves Law Nº 27446, which establishes a national Environmental Impact Assessment system Read more Press Clipping \| 8 October 2009 AFC: New credit to finance Southern Interoceanic Highway will reach US$200 million "We're working with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to work out the details of a new credit for the final stage of the project, which will be approved by the end of the year", stated AFC representative Eleonora Silva. Read more Press Clipping \| 30 September 2009 $ 600 million infrastructure fund created "The fund will be for cost-effective infrastructure projects. In Peru we have a deficit of between 7 and 10 billion dollars in infrastructure”, IDB director for Peru, Ana María Rodríguez told reporters. Read more Update \| 10 September 2009 New CAF Loan for Southern Interoceanic Highway in early 2010 The Andean Finance Corporation (CAF) is evaluating a new line of credit to finance the Southern Interoceanic Highway, which is to be approved early next year, CAF representative Elenora Silva reported today. Read more Update \| 4 September 2009 Southern Interoceanic Highway Impacts: Better to know it now Read more Press Clipping \| 4 September 2009 Ministry of Economy and Finance approves external debt measure The loan will finance an environmental sustainability reform program in the country. Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Peru Ministry of Transport Comunications (MTC) approves changes to IOS concession Read more Press Clipping \| 13 August 2009 Peru begins annual payments for Section 5 of Interoceanica Sur Read more Press Clipping \| 9 August 2009 Huepetuhe, the land of sexual trafficking Puerto Maldonaldo, Madre de Dios, in heart of the Peruvian jungle, is the home to some of the worst offenses of sexual trafficking of minors. Read more Press Clipping \| 9 August 2009 Baseline study for Peru Southern Interoceanic Highway presented Read more Press Clipping \| 7 August 2009 Peru to raise payment to indigenous communities for Amazon forest conservation Peru's environment minister now says the government will pay indigenous communities 10 sols ($3.30) for every hectare of rainforest they help to preserve, reports the Latin American Herald. Previously Antonio Brack said that communities would see about half that amount. Read more Update \| 20 July 2009 Peru Interoceanica Sur Highway has deforested 90,000 hectares Specialist warns of more deforestation from increased migration Read more Press Clipping \| 10 July 2009 5o Brazilian firms awaiting green light Hydroelectric dams, Biofuels, Hydrocarbons top the list. A business delegation is programmed for the second semester of 2009 to explore biofuel investment opportunities. Read more Press Clipping \| 10 July 2009 CAF to disburse an additional $270 million for Southern Interoceanic Highway in Peru Cost overruns could push the total for the highway to over $2 billion Read more Press Clipping \| 6 July 2009 Call for Inambari Hydroelectric Project to be reinitiated Affected communities of the proposed Inambari hydroelectric project from Puno argue that the project will bring more costs than benefits; the Andean Southern Natural Gas Pipeline is neither a guaranteed for the Southern Peruvian department. Read more Press Clipping \| 6 July 2009 Congressional Deputy Susana Vilca: Inambari should not damage the environment Puno Congressional leader, Susana Vilca Achata, stated that the Inambari Hydroelectric Project will negatively affect that Southern Interoceanic Highway and native peoples, and therefore the private Brazilian contractor, Amazonas Sur, should reformulate the design of the project. Read more Update \| 16 June 2009 Questions on hydroelectric power plants in the Peruvian Amazon Region Negotiations are underway for the construction of six hydroelectric power plants in the Peruvian Amazon Region in a joint initiative of Alan Garcia and Lula da Silva. Serious inquires about the nature of the intiative and its implications for the region are not resolved which signals further problems. Read more Update \| 4 June 2009 Interoceanic Highways Forum will present investment opportunities for Brazil Read more Update \| 2 June 2009 President announced the upcoming innaguration of via Inambari - Azangaro Read more Update \| 29 May 2009 Section 5 of Interoceanic Highway is Inspected Read more Press Clipping \| 24 May 2009 Peru gets $120m to protect 212,000 sq mi of Amazon rainforest Peru has historically had one of the lowest annual deforestation rates in the Amazon basin, but forest loss has been increasing in recent years due to illegal logging, mining, agriculture, and expansion of road networks, including the paving of a highway that provides access to a remote and biologically-rich region in southeastern part of the country. In 2005 — the most recent year for which data is available — at least 150,000 hectares of forest was lost, while a similar area was degraded through logging and other activitie Read more Press Clipping \| 23 May 2009 Peru Southern Interoceanic Highway - News Peruvian Congress Approves Report Says No Irregularities in the Southern Inter-oceanic Highway, Opposition Legislators Question the Integrity of the Procedure, Doubts Remain; Brazilian delegation from Rondonia visits Puno; 130 km of highway in Madre de Dios inaugurated; Transport Sector calls for further investigation of construction problems. Read more Press Clipping \| 22 May 2009 CONIRSA identifies 12 archeological sites in the construction of Southern Interoceanic Highway 12 Archeological Prehispanic sites have been identified in Section 4 of the Southern Interceanic Highway, between Azángaro to the Inambari bridge, on the border of Puno with Madre de Dios, informed Flavio Leite Mesquita, lead of CONIRSA Concesionaire. Read more Update \| 22 May 2009 Odebrecht Concessionaire Inaugurates 130 km of Southern Interoceanic Highway President Alan Garcia, Dr. Ernesto Cornejo and the Odebrecht led concessionaire CONIRSA inaugurated on May 14, 130 km of Section 3 of the Southern Interoceanic Highway between Tampopata and Iberia. Read more Update \| 6 May 2009 Interoceanica Sur Highway advances Brazil Peru regional integration Read more Press Clipping \| 5 May 2009 Peru: Destructive Amazonian highway near completion The nightmarish prospect of a scarred Amazonian jungle reeking of diesel fumes from end to end, as heavy-laden trucks thunder by in round-the-clock convoys, is fast becoming a reality. Read more Update \| 4 May 2009 Lula and Alan Garcia meet in Acre to discuss integration Read more Update \| 3 May 2009 Interoceanic Highway: video reporting Read more Press Clipping \| 18 April 2009 Brazil and Peru will sign an agreement for energy integration during presidential meeting The energy interconnection agreement will be signed between Electro Peru and Eletrobrás, which will be responsible for the technical assistance on the construction of hydroelectric and teh operations of the electrical systems. The initial project has six hydroelectric plants in Peruvian territory; however, the main custumer will be the Brazilian market, according Belaúnde. Read more Update \| 14 April 2009 Interoceanica Sur Highway in Peru faces new cost overuns Read more Press Clipping \| 2 April 2009 More work needed on Interoceánica Sur highway - Peru Brazilian concessionaires will carry out additional works on the Interoceanica Sur highway, which may result in further delays in the construction of the project - already close to $400 million over budget. Read more Press Clipping \| 29 December 2008 CAF lends $US 300 mn. for Peru Southern Interoceanic Highway Read more Press Clipping \| 23 December 2008 CAF approves US$300mn for Interoceánica Sur highway - Peru The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) has approved a US$300mn loan to Peru for additional works on the Interoceánica Sur highway, the financial entity reported in a release. Read more Update \| 14 March 2008 Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru After reporting a truck loaded with mahogany illegally logged from the Amazon rainforest, Julio Gualberto García Agapito, a local authority, was gunned down by an illegal timber operator. Read more Update \| 20 December 2007 Troubled Amazon corner - Interoceanica Highway and Complejo Madeira Marcos Chambilla Copari recalls arriving in the of village of San Lorenzo, in the southwestern Peruvian rainforest, in 1986, a refugee from flooding around Lake Titicaca in Peru’s southern highlands. “There was no road to get our products to market,” he said. “Everything rotted in the field.” Read more Update \| 30 December 2005 The Brazil-Peru Trans-Oceanic Highway The Trans-Oceanic Highway is one of the key projects of the Peru-Brazil-Bolivia axis of the IIRSA initiative. The project entails the construction and renovation of a total of 2603 kilometers of roads connecting the Amazonian state of Acre, Brazil with the port cities of Ilo, Matarani and San Juan de Marcona in the southern coast of Peru. The Brazilian section of the highway has been partially built. Read more Update \| 1 August 2005 Citizens ask Peruvian Government to Postpone Inter-Oceanic Highway Over 175 Peruvian citizens from all walks of life released a petition to the media regarding the construction of the Iñapari-Puerto Marítimo del Sur road. Read more Print this page Email this page

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