GOVERNANCE, AREA OF INFLUENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS: CASE STUDIES IN THE STATE OF PARÁ

The report analyzes four federal transport projects in Pará: Ferrogrão, BR-155/158, BR-163/230/MT/PA, and BR-230. Using a 'market access approach,' the authors quantify the risk of deforestation and the associated costs of mitigation. The findings highlight a systemic lack of transparency in project documentation and a significant environmental risk, with the four projects potentially endangering nearly 7,000 square kilometers of native Amazon vegetation. The study argues that the state of Pará should engage with the Federal Government to incorporate deforestation control funding into project designs.

• The four analyzed federal infrastructure projects—Ferrogrão, BR-155/158, BR-163/230/MT/PA, and BR-230—collectively risk nearly 7,000 square kilometers of native Amazon vegetation, with 3,800 square kilometers located within the state of Pará.
• Mitigating the deforestation risks for these four projects would require an annual investment of US$ 43 million, with US$ 23 million specifically for actions in Pará, based on a mitigation cost of US$ 5/tCOe.
• There is a significant transparency problem regarding federal infrastructure projects, as socio-environmental studies and documents were often unavailable or difficult to access, even when requested via the Information Access Law (LAI).
• The BR-163/230/MT/PA project presents the highest individual deforestation risk among the cases, with a projected loss of 3,670 square kilometers over 30 years, including 1,857 square kilometers in Pará.
• The BR-155/158 project is in its initial phase and shows a higher rate of compliance with the DNIT manual (83%) compared to the average of other analyzed projects (54%), and it is the only one to consider 'riverine communities' in its Terms of Reference.
• The Ferrogrão railroad project is currently suspended by a court decision regarding the boundaries of Jamanxim National Park, which provides an opportunity for the state of Pará to propose demands during project re-analysis.

APA

BRAGANÇA, A., ANTONACCIO, L., PRALLON, B., ARAÚJO, R., BARROS, A. C., & CHIAVARI, J. (2021). GOVERNANCE, AREA OF INFLUENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS: CASE STUDIES IN THE STATE OF PARÁ. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Estudos-de-Caso-EN-1.pdf

Chicago

BRAGANÇA, ARTHUR, LUIZA ANTONACCIO, BRENDA PRALLON, RAFAEL ARAÚJO, ANA CRISTINA BARROS, and JOANA CHIAVARI. GOVERNANCE, AREA OF INFLUENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS: CASE STUDIES IN THE STATE OF PARÁ. Climate Policy Initiative, 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Estudos-de-Caso-EN-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bragana2021governance, author = {BRAGANÇA, ARTHUR and ANTONACCIO, LUIZA and PRALLON, BRENDA and ARAÚJO, RAFAEL and BARROS, ANA CRISTINA and CHIAVARI, JOANA}, title = {{GOVERNANCE, AREA OF INFLUENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS: CASE STUDIES IN THE STATE OF PARÁ}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Estudos-de-Caso-EN-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }