Building Informed Civic Engagement for Conservation in the Andes-Amazon

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Interoceanic Highway

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This controversial transcontinental road project threatens the environment and indigenous communities in both Peru and Brazil.

Official IIRSA ProjectOfficial IIRSA Project Anchor ProjectAnchor Project Priority ProjectPriority Project
Total Cost* $ 892.0  million 
Country Peru  
Soliciting Country Perú
Hub Peru-Brazil-Bolivia  
Cluster 1. Porto Velho-Pacific Ports Corridor 
Sector Transport  
IIRSA Project # PBB01  
Project Status Financed  

*All costs according to IIRSA

This page is under construction, complete information available in Spanish.

News and Articles

Amazon environmentalist gunned down in Peru

Friday, March 14, 2008

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...

Troubled Amazon corner - Interoceanica Highway and Complejo Madeira 20 Dec 2007 The Brazil-Peru Trans-Oceanic Highway 30 Dec 2005 Citizens ask Peruvian Government to Postpone Inter-Oceanic Highway 1 Aug 2005

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