FORTALECENDO OS ESTUDOS AMBIENTAIS DE CONCESSÕES FEDERAIS DE INFRAESTRUTURA TERRESTRE

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes the socio-environmental components of Technical, Economic, and Environmental Viability Studies (EVTEA) and Environmental Impact Studies (EIA) for federal land infrastructure concessions in the Brazilian Legal Amazon. The analysis reveals significant gaps in the inclusion of biotic components, a lack of correlation between EVTEA and EIA, and inconsistent adherence to sectoral manuals and Terms of Reference (TRs).

• Socio-environmental studies for infrastructure projects prioritize socio-economic and physical environments over biotic environments (fauna and flora). In EVTEAs, this distribution reinforces a focus on technical and economic viability, missing opportunities to integrate robust biotic analysis before the environmental licensing phase.
• There is a significant overlap between EVTEAs and EIAs, with approximately 30% of components analyzed in EIAs also appearing in EVTEAs. This suggests that mandatory correlation between the two could increase efficiency and allow EVTEAs to anticipate analyses typically reserved for the EIA stage.
• Environmental studies do not fully adhere to sectoral manuals. On average, the railway sector incorporated 47% of components from the VALEC manual, while the road sector incorporated 54% of components from the DNIT manual.
• The analyzed studies fail to incorporate all ten most relevant socio-environmental components identified by international guidelines. Specifically, 'riverine communities' (comunidades ribeirinhas) were not included in any of the reviewed studies.
• Compliance with Terms of Reference (TRs) is inconsistent. While some road EVTEAs complied with their TRs, railway EVTEAs and all analyzed EIAs failed to fully meet the requirements of their respective TRs.
• Transparency in the sector is low. Out of 14 analyzed project sections, only one project (Ferrogrão) provided complete information across all environmental studies and their corresponding Terms of Reference.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2021). FORTALECENDO OS ESTUDOS AMBIENTAIS DE CONCESSÕES FEDERAIS DE INFRAESTRUTURA TERRESTRE. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PB-Componentes-Socioambientais-PT.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. FORTALECENDO OS ESTUDOS AMBIENTAIS DE CONCESSÕES FEDERAIS DE INFRAESTRUTURA TERRESTRE. 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PB-Componentes-Socioambientais-PT.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2021fortalecendo, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{FORTALECENDO OS ESTUDOS AMBIENTAIS DE CONCESSÕES FEDERAIS DE INFRAESTRUTURA TERRESTRE}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = jun, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PB-Componentes-Socioambientais-PT.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }