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Accepted Paper:
Local needs and capacities in indigenous communities in the area of influence of the Iquitos - Saramiriza road project
Ciro Salazar
(Law, Environment and Natural Resources)
María Sembrero
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)
Paper short abstract:
Needs and capacities are identified in communities located in the area of influence of the Iquitos - Saramiriza road project (710km), in the Peruvian Amazon. The study allows making policy recommendations to incorporate an intercultural and sustainability approach in the evaluation of road projects.
Paper long abstract:
It is planned the construction of 4,000 km of roads in the Peruvian Amazon. Some projects cross areas of high biodiversity and presence of indigenous communities. Despite the later, the intercultural approach and the knowledge of the territorial dynamics of the populations are practically non-existent in the early phases of the project cycle.
In this context, it was decided to carry out a survey in the area of influence of the Iquitos - Saramiriza highway proposal (710km), the largest projected in the Peruvian Amazon. Twenty one communities of the Kichwa, Chapra and Wampis peoples were visited.
The research sought to answer two basic questions: a) What are the priority needs of the populations in the area of influence of the project? and b) does the road proposal contribute to meeting these needs?
What we call the vital space of the communities, the one where they practice their economic activities, is changing and can exceed the communal territory. More than 60% of the interviewed families make a greater effort than five years ago for their hunting, fishing and agricultural activities. The zone of influence of the road (5 km on both sides of the route) overlaps the vital space of the communities.
Our findings allow us to make policy recommendations to strengthen the quality of environmental and social information, with an intercultural approach, for the early phases of the project cycle, in order to make better decisions about their relevance and design.
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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
It is planned the construction of 4,000 km of roads in the Peruvian Amazon. Some projects cross areas of high biodiversity and presence of indigenous communities. Despite the later, the intercultural approach and the knowledge of the territorial dynamics of the populations are practically non-existent in the early phases of the project cycle.
In this context, it was decided to carry out a survey in the area of influence of the Iquitos - Saramiriza highway proposal (710km), the largest projected in the Peruvian Amazon. Twenty one communities of the Kichwa, Chapra and Wampis peoples were visited.
The research sought to answer two basic questions: a) What are the priority needs of the populations in the area of influence of the project? and b) does the road proposal contribute to meeting these needs?
What we call the vital space of the communities, the one where they practice their economic activities, is changing and can exceed the communal territory. More than 60% of the interviewed families make a greater effort than five years ago for their hunting, fishing and agricultural activities. The zone of influence of the road (5 km on both sides of the route) overlaps the vital space of the communities.
Our findings allow us to make policy recommendations to strengthen the quality of environmental and social information, with an intercultural approach, for the early phases of the project cycle, in order to make better decisions about their relevance and design.
New Approaches to Transportation, Mobility and Access in Rainforest contexts
Session 1 Friday 8 July, 2022, -