Infrastructure and Conservation: The Case of a Pucallpa-Cruzeiro Do Sul Transport Link

The project for a Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul highway interconnection would represent the last section of what is known as the Central Interoceanic Highway (IOC), one of the primary roads in the package known as the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA). is project risks generating significant environmental and social impacts. The project would pass through biologically rich areas of forest and river ecosystems near the Sierra del Divisor Reserved Zone and the Isconahua Territorial Reserve at the border with Brazil, as well as the native communities located within the project’s zone of influence.