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BICECA: Building Informed Civic Engagement for Conservation in the Andes-Amazon
BICECA is working to protect the biological and cultural diversity of the Andes-Amazon by monitoring and influencing IIRSA and other IFI projects in South America.

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Projects in the Spotlight

Río Madeira Complex

This multi-billion dollar hydroelectric complex threatens one of the Amazon Basin’s main southern tributaries.
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Corredor Multimodal Pasto-Mocoa e Hidrovía del Putumayo

Proyecto de 4 partes viales. Finanaciación incial.
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Interoceanic Highway

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

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Civil Society and IDB workshop: Strategic Environmental Assessments and sustainable development

25 November 2008

Civil society organizations (CSOs) from 10 South American countries have invited the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to engage in dialogue about the use and misuse of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) in a two-day workshop to be held in Bogota, Colombia (Dec. 2 and 3, 2008). The workshop will feature presentations on the IDB's progress in developing a strategic decision making system that includes clearer rules for SEAs. CSOs will present lessons learned and recommendations for more effective use of SEAs drawn from a decade of experience with high risk infrastructure projects. Read more

Directors of IIRSA reject petition for participation of civil society

21 November 2008

The President of the Directors of IIRSA and current Director of the Ministry of Planning of Colombia, Carolina Renteria, reported on Monday, November 10 the decision to reject a hearing on IIRSA requested by 20 civil society organizations from 8 countries. The CSOs submitted a proposal to create mechanisms to ensure the participation of civil society in the planning process of integration within the framework of IIRSA, in addition to other potential integration processes as well as for the implementation of Strategic Environmental Studies (SEA) for groups of IIRSA projects. Read more

BICECA Monthly Bulletin - November 2008

14 November 2008

In this edition you will find the following articles: 1) Change and Continuity for the BICECA website; 2) Colombia: Pasto Mocoa Highway - IDB Commitment to Sustainability under Scrutiny; 3) Perú: The restoration of the rights of indigenous peoples has a long way to go; 4) Ecuador: Big Push for Manta-Manaos Corridor. Read more

IIRSA CCT Meeting on Infrastructure and the Amazon: IIRSA’s future in doubt 29 Sep 2008
Massacre of 30 campesinos by "civicos" in Pando, Bolivia 15 Sep 2008
Brazil welcomes foreign money for Amazon 10 Sep 2008
Leasing of Landmark Turnpike Puts State at Policy Crossroads 26 Aug 2008
Countries take action to boost IIRSA through private investment promotion 11 Jul 2008
Civil society groups propose change in annual IDB-civil society meeting 2 Jul 2008
“Aguas Turvas”: new book that explains the never ending socio-environmental problems of the Madeira Complex 22 Jun 2008

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Countries

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

See also

Bank of the South Inter-American Development Bank International Finance Corporation International Monetary Fund Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank (IBRD & IDA) Latin America

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