Online supplement 2.1. Selected attributes of the Human Modified Landscapes recognised in the Pan Amazon.

 

HML Code

Row Labels

 Total area

(ha)

Original

forest

(ha)

% deforestation

Stage of development

Strategic

Development

Initiatives*

Flagship

Infrastructure

Assets

Planned

Development

Initiatives

Major Highways

[planned]

Paved

Secondary Road network

Agricultural Production Models

Key Mineral Resources

49,720

46,220

41%

Amazon River Corridor

1

Lower Amazon, North Bank

 49,720

 46,220

40%

Forest Frontier

POLOAMAZONIA - IV

ENID/PAC: Amazonas - Madeira

IIRSA: Amazon Hub(AM-6)

Multiple river ports

Trombetas bauxite mine

Jari plantation & pulp mill

HP Santo Antonio do Jari (373 MW)

HP Balbina (250 MW)

500 kV line

OPGW internet connection

Industrial mines / Reserva Nacional de Cobre e Associados (RENCA)

BR-163 to Suriname

HP Proteira (2 GW)

HP x3 on Jari (1.2 GW)

HP x3 on Paru (1.8 GW)

Bridge at Óbidos

PA-254

PA-419

PA-429

[BR-163]

no

no

no

-

limited

ranching, small-scale agriculture

plantation forestry

Fe, Mn, Cu, Bauxite

2

Lower Amazon, South Bank

 17,500

 15,976

43%

Forest Frontier

ENID/PAC: Amazonas - Madeira

IIRSA Amazonas (AM-6)

Juruti Bauxite mine

Multiple river ports

Autazes potassium mine

Bridge at Óbidos

Fibre optic cable on riverbed

AM-010

AM-070

PA-257

yes

yes

no

no

wild fisheries, non-timber forest products (açaí)

Potash

Bauxite

3

Central Amazon - Solimoes

 7,508

 7,075

32%

Forest Frontier

ENID/PAC: Amazonas - Madeira

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-6)

PHE Amazonas- Solimões

Multiple river ports

Coari gas terminal & pipeline

Iquitos oil field logistics

Tabatinga & Leticia airports

HP Mazan

Samaririza - Iquitos road

Fibre optic cable on riverbed

138 kV line (Yurimaguas – Iquitos)

BR-174

BR-319

AM-010

AM-254

LO-103

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

limited

wild fisheries, timber, non-timber forest products

Oil & gas

4

Santarem

 4,995

 4,822

66%

Consolidated Frontier

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-5 & AM-6)

PHE Amazonas - Solimoes

Urban area

Grain terminal

HP Curuá-Una (30 MW)

250 kV line

Beef slaughter house (1)

OPGW internet connection

Ferrogrão (EF-171)

Fibre optic cable on riverbed

BR-163

PA_370

yes

yes

limited

soy-maize, beef

4

Manaus

375

318

80%

Consolidated Frontier

ENID/PAC: Amazonas - Madeira

IIRSA Amazonas (AM-6)

IIRSA Guiana (Gu-1)

Urban Area

Free Trade Economic Zone

Port of Manaus

International Airport

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)

OPGW internet connection

Centro do Bionegócios da Amazônia (CBA)

Fibre optic cable on riverbed

BR-174

BR-319

AM-010

yes

yes

wild fisheries, forestry, non-timber forest products

4

Macapá

260

89

24%%

Consolidated Frontier

IIRSA Amazonas (AM-6)

IIRSA Guiana (Gu-4)

Grain terminals at Port of Santana

OPGW internet connection

Integration with Guiana coast

BR-156

BR-210

yes

limited

wild fisheries, forestry, non-timber forest products

 

1,901,592

1,605,297

48%

 

 

Southern Amazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Belem - Marabá

 92,598

 89,814

63%

Agricultural Frontier

PIN: Rodovia Transbrasiliana

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

IIRSA: Amazonas (Am-5)

PHE: Tocantins - Araguaia

HP Tucuruí (8.5 GW)

Tucuruí Locks

River and ocean ports

500 kV line

Aluminum smelter

Bauxite mines at Paragominas and Rondon do Pará

Bauxite slurry pipeline

Palm oil extraction mill

Grain terminals

Beef slaughterhouse (1)

OPGW internet connection

Ferrovia Ferrovia Paraense

Hidrovia Tocantins

Clearing of Pedral de Lourenço

BR-010

PA-475

PA-151

PA-254

yes

yes

60%

extensive

palm oil, açaí, beef, tree plantations

soy-maize

Bauxite

6

Carajas - São Luis do Maranhão - Belem

187,695

 178,538

82%

Consolidated Frontier

Programa Grande Carajás (PGC)

POLOAMAZONIA - II, III, VI

ENID/PAC: Araguaia - Tocantins

Carajás mining complex (Fe, CU, Au)

Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EF-315)

Porto de Itaquí

Steel mills

Grain terminals (rail & water)

Beef slaughterhouse (4)

500 kV line

OPGW internet connection

HP Marabá (1.8 GW) +lock

HP Serra Quebrada (1.3 GW) + lock

Hidrovia Tocantins

PA-275

BR-222

BR-316

yes

yes

yes

extensive

beef

soy-maize

tree plantations

soy-maize

Fe, Cu, Au, Bauxite

7

Tocantins - Maranhão

 254,343

 153,229

23%

Consolidated Frontier

Rodovia Brasíia - Belem

PIN: Rodovia Transbrasiliana

ENID/PAC: Araguaia - Tocantins

PHE: Tocantins - Araguaia

Ferrovia Norte Sul (EF-151)

HP Luís Eduardo Magalhães (900 MW)

HP Peixe Angical (498 MW)

HP Estreito (1.1 GW)

Beef slaughterhouse (6)

Grain silos and terminals

500 kV line

OPGW internet connection

Hidrovia Tocantins

HP Tupiratins (850 MW) + lock

HP Ipueiras (480m MW) + lock

BR-010

BR-153

BR-226

MA-996

yes

yes

yes

yes

extensive

beef, tree plantations; soy-maize

Au

8

São Felix do Xingu, Eastern Sector

 25,695

 24,645

69%

Agricultural Frontier

Once Puma (industrial gold mine)

Beef slaughterhouse (3)

230 kV line

Bridge over Rio Fresco

PA-279

yes

moderate

beef, timber

Cassiterite, Au ASGM

9

São Felix do Xingu; Western Sector

 34,285

 33,983

22%

Forest Frontier

PA-279

Paving PA-279

PA-279

30%

limited

beef, timber

Cassiterite, Au ASGM

10

Rodovia Transamazônica: Novo Repartimento - Itaituba

 39,284

 38,377

21%

Agricultural Frontier

PIN: Rodovia Tranzamazônica

POLOAMAZONIA - V and XI

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira:

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-5)

HP Belo Monte (11 GW)

800 kV HVDC station/line

230 kV line to Miritituba

grain terminals at Miritituba (4)

Beef slaughterhouse (2)

OPGW internet connection

PA-230 (paved)

Ferrogrão (EF-171) terminal in Miritituba

HP Cachoeria de Cai  (802 MW)

BR-230

BR-163

25%

yes

moderate

beef

cacao,

timber

Au ASGM

11

Vale do Araguaia

117,059

 100,822

67%

Agricultural Frontier

ENID/PAC: Araguaia - Tocantins

PPI

230 kV lines

Beef slaughterhouse (6)

Hidrovia de Araguaia

Ferrovia Paraense

BR-155

BR-158

80%

moderate

beef, soy-maize, timber

Au

12

Upper Xingu

118,540

 111,755

49%

Agricultural Frontier

POLOAMAZONIA -I

ENID/PAC: Araguaia - Tocantins

PPI

230 kV

Beef slaughterhouse (2)

Industrial Agriculture

Ferrovia Paraense

PA-287

PA-235

MT-322

MT-324

MT-130

no

no

no

no

no

extensive

beef, soy-maize,

timber

Au ASGM

13

Cuiabá - Roncador

157,336

 105,236

44%

Consolidated Frontier

POLOAMAZONIA - XIII

ENID/PAC: Oeste

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-8)

Diversified agro industrial complex

Beef slaughterhouse (~12)

HP Manso (210 MW)

HP Jauru (121 MW)

HP Guaporé (120 MW)

500 kV Line

Fibre optic cable

HP multiple units (>20)

Ferronorte (EF-364) - Rondonópolis to Cuiabá

BR-163

BR-070

yes

yes

extensive

beef, swine, poultry

soy-maize

Au ASGM

14

Alto Araguaia

 91,185

 41,981

28%

Consolidated Frontier

ENID/PAC: Araguaia - Tocantins; IIRSA: Central Interoceanic Hub (CI-1)

Ferronorte (EF-364)

Rondonópolis grain terminal

Beef slaughterhouse (7)

kV 500, kV 230

Fibre optic cable

Ferrovia Centro Oeste (EF-354)

Center-pivot Irrigation

BR-364

BR-163

yes

yes

extensive

soy-maize, beef

Au, Co,
Ni, Nb

15

Sinop - Sapezal

 73,998

 46,343

33%

Consolidated Frontier

POLOAMAZONIA XIII

PIN: Rodovia Cuiabá - Santarem

ENID/PAC: Oeste

IIRSA - Amazon Hub (Am-5)

PPI

BR-163

HP Sinop (402 MW)

HP Colider (300 MW)

Beef slaughterhouse (3); multiple soy processing mills & silos

500 kV line

OPGW internet connection

 

Ferrogrão (EF-171)

Ferrovia Centro Oeste (EF-354)

Center-pivot irrigation

BR-163

BR-364

yes

yes

extensive

soy-maize, pork, poultry, swine, beef

16

Northern Mato Grosso

186,408

 180,098

51%

Agricultural Frontier

PIN: Rodovia Cuiabá - Santarem

POLOAMAZONIA -XIV

ENID/PAC: Oeste

IIRSA - Amazon Hub (Am-5)

PPI

Beef slaughterhouse (~25)

HP Tele Pires (1.8 GW)

HP São Manuel (700 MW)

HP Dardanelos (261 MW)

500 kW Line

230 kW line

OPGW internet connection

Ferrogrão (EF-171)

Hidrovia Tapajós - Teles Pires

HP São Simão Alto (1.5 GW)

HP Salto Augusto Baixo (1.2 GW)

HP Escondido (510 MW)

 

BR-163

MT-170

MT-206

MT-208

MT-220

MT-325

MT-338

yes

no

no

no

no

no

30%

30%

extensive

beef, soy-maize

Au

diamonds

17

Novo Progresso [BR-163]

 35,134

 34,539

33%

Agricultural Frontier

PIN: Rodovia Cuiabá - Santarem

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

IIRSA - Amazon Hub (Am-5)

PPI

Beef slaughterhouse (1)

Ferrogrão (EF-171)

HP Cachoeira dos Patos (528 MW)

HP Jardom de Ouro (227 MW)

BR-163

yes

limited

beef

Au ASGM

18

Tapajós - Creporí

 40,482

 40,220

6%

Gold Mining Frontier

PHE: Tapajós/Teles Pires/Juruena

Hidrovia de Tapajós

Status uncertain for:

HP São Luis de Tapajós (8 GW)

HP Chacorão (3.3 GW)

HP Jatoba (2.3 GW)

illegal roads

No

no

timber, wild fisheries

Au ASGM

19

Transamazônica Itaiatuba - Humaitá

106,777

 102,636

42%

Forest Frontier

PIN: Rodovia Tranzamazônica

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira:

BR-230 (unpaved)

Paved BR-230

Hidrovia de Tapajós

Status uncertain for:

HP São Luis de Tapajós (8 GW)

HP Chacorão (3.3 GW)

HP Jatoba (2.3 GW)

BR-230

AM-174

no

no

incipient

timber, beef

20

South Central Amazonas [BR-319]

 4,384

 4,345

13%

Forest Frontier

PIN Rodovia BR-319

PPI

BR-319 (partially paved)

Fibre optic cable (Porto Velho – Manaus)

Complete paving BR-319

BR-319

BR-174

no

no

no

timber, wild fisheries, brazil nut

21

Northwest Mato Grosso [Colniza]

 28,052

 27,879

18%

Forest Frontier

POLOAMAZINIA - Region XIV

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

BR-435

BR-174

MT-206

no

no

no

no

timber beef

Au ASGM

22

East Rondônia

 15,061

 14,599

56%

Forest Frontier

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

Paving BR-176

BR-176

RO-205

23

Rondônia

 92,599

 89,152

76%

Consolidated Frontier

PIN Rodovia BR-364

WB: POLONOROESTE

POLOAMAZONIA - Region VII

ENID/PAC: Oeste

IIRSA - Amazon Hub (AM-8)

PPI - BR-364, BR-176

Rodovia BR-364

250 kV line (2)

Beef slaughterhouse (10)

OPGW internet connection

Ferrovia Centro Oeste (EF-354)

BR-364

BR-421

BR-429

RO-133

yes

80%

20%

no

extensive

beef, soy-maize, coffee

Cassiterite, diamonds, Au

24

Porto Velho / Upper Río Madeira

 35,126

 33,670

53%

Agricultural Frontier

POLOAMAZONIA - Region VII

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

IIRSA: Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PBB-1)

HP Jirau (3.75 MW)

HP Santo Antonio (3.5 MW)

HP Samuel (216 MW)

600m kV HVDC station

230 kV line

Madeira Hidrovia

Grain terminals & river ports

Beef slaughterhouse (1)

OPGW internet connection

HP Binacional (3.3 GW)

Ferronorte (EF-364)

Fibre optic cable on riverbed

BR-364

BR-425

yes

yes

no

timber, beef, soy-maize,
wild fisheries, forestry

Au ASGM

25

Corredor Interoceanico - Acre

 28,958

 27,864

58%

Agricultural Frontier

PIN: POLOAMAZONIA - Region VII

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

IIRSA: Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PBB-)

Beef slaughterhouse (2)

230 kV line

Ferronorte (EF364) / Ferroviario Interoceanico

BR-364

BR-317

Yes

moderate

beef, brazil nuts

26

Corredor Interoceanico - Pando

 23,535

 22,769

19%

Forest Frontier

IIRSA: Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PBB-2 & PBB-3)

Corredor Interoceanico del Sur

Brazil nut processing plants

HP Cachuela Esperanza

Hidrovia Mamaore - Itenez - Madre de Dios

PE-26B

PE-30

BO-8

yes

yes

no

no

beef, timber, brazil nuts

27

Corredor Interoceanico -Madre de Dios

 23,535

 22,769

19%

Forest Frontier

IIRSA: Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PPG-1 & PBB-3)

Corredor Interoceanico del Sur;
Brazil nut processing plants

HP Cachuela Esperanza

Hidrovia Mamaore - Itenez - Madre de Dios

PE-26B

PE-30

BO-8

yes

yes

no

no

beef, timber, brazil nuts

Au AGSM

Oil & gas

28

RioBranco - Cruziero do Sul Corredor

 50,161

 49,401

29%

Forest Frontier

POLONOROESTE - Region VII

ENID/PAC: Amazonas-Madeira

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-4)

Ferronorte (EF-364)

Ferroviario Interoceanico

Conexión terrestre internacional

250 kV AClines

BR-364

75%

No

timber, beef, brazil nuts

29

Chiquitania

 58,423

 54,758

17%

Agricultural Frontier

IIRSA: Central Interoceanico (CI-4)

115 kV line

Paving BO-10

Beef slaughterhouse (1)

Paving BO-17

BO-10

BO-17

80%

no

limited

timber, beef, food crops

Au ASGM

30

Santa Cruz Alluvial Plain - Guarayos Sector

 18,189

 16,818

31%

Forest Frontier

IIRSA: Central Interoceanico (CI-4)

220 kV lines

HP Rositas (444 MW)

BO-9

yes

incipient

soy/ sorghum., rice, sugar cane, food crops, beef

31

Santa Cruz Alluvial Plain

 55,346

 48,871

68%

Consolidated Frontier

USAID: Alliance for Progress

WB: Tierras Bajas del Este

IIRSA: Interoceanico Central (CI-3)

Ferroviario del Oriente

Soy and sugar cane mills

Beef slaughterhouse (3)

oil and gas pipelines

Center-pivot Irrigation

Parque Eólico Warnes (108 MW)

BO-4

BO-9

yes

yes

extensive

soy/ sorghum., rice, sugar cane, food crops, beef

Oil & gas

281,894

 261,225

36%

 

 

Andean Amazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

Chapare - Yapacaní

 11,707

 11,371

42%

Coca Frontier

USAID Alliace for Progress

CA: Marginal de la Selva

USAID: Desarrollo Alternativa

IIRSA: Central Interoceanic(CI-5)

 

Chimore airport

Ivigarzama River port

HP Corani 54 MW

HP Misicuni (126 MW)

HP San Jose (124 MW)

HP Santa Isabela (93 MW)

230 kV line (x2)

oil and gas pipelines

Urea plant

Carretera TIPNIS

BO-4

BO-24

yes

yex

extensive

coca, food crops

Oil & gas

33a

La Paz Yungas - Corioco - Caranavi - Alto Beni

 8,888

 8,027

17%

Coca Frontier

IIRSA: Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PBB-2)

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

HP Zongo cascade (160 MW)

HP Bala (400 MW)

HP Chepete (3.3 GW

BO-3

75%

limited

coca,
coffee, cacao,
food crops

Au ASGM

33b

La Paz Yungas - Distritos Mineros Norte y Sur

 6,312

 6,156

9%

Gold Mining Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

HP Miguillas cascade (130 MW)

HP Taquesi cascade (90 MW)

HP Yanacocha (51 MW

34

Yucuma - Rurrenebaque - Ixiamas

 4,522

 4,335

26%

Forest Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PBB-2)

Rurrenabaque - Buenaventura Bridge

Sugar cane processing mill

HP Bala (400 MW)

HP Chepete (3.3 GW)

BO-2

50%

incipient

food crops, sugar cane, timber

Oil & gas

35a

Peruvian Yungas

Sandia Alta

 7,908

 7,549

32%

 Gold Mining Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

HP Sandia (350 MW)

PE-34-H

yes

limited

coca

food crops

Au ASGM

35b

Peruvian Yungas

Sandia Baja

311

309

62%

Coca Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

PE-34-H

yes

limited

coca

food crops

Au

35c

Peruvian Yungas

Pilcopata

770

763

12%

Coca Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

CU-113

no

limited

coca

food crops

Au

35d

Peruvian Yungas

La Convención

 3,120

 2,967

25%

Coca Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

HP Macchu Picchu (160 MW)

Gasoducto de Camisea

HP Ilapani (327 MW)

Gasoducto Sur Peruano

PE-28-B

CU-104

CU-105

yes

no

no

limited

coca

food crops

Oil & gas

35e

Peruvian Yungas

Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro (VRAEM)

857

842

4%

Coca Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

HP Mantaro (798 MW)

HP Restitución (210 MW)

138 kV line (x6)

HP Paquitzapango (2 GW)

HP Tambo 40 (1.3 GW)

HP Tambo Puerto Prado (629 MV)

HP Tango 60 (579 MW)

PE-28-B

50%

limited

coca

food crops

36

Madre de Dios Piedmont

 6,470

 6,184

17%

Gold Mining Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA Peru-Brazil-Bolivia (PBB-1 & PBB-3)

Interoceanico de Sur

HP San Gaban 2 &3 (2580 MW)

HP Angel (60 MW)

138 kV line

HP San Gaban 1 & 4 (220 MW)

PE-30-C

MD-102

CU-114

yes

no

no

limited

timber, food crops

Au ASGM

Oil & gas

37a

Selva Cental /Oxapampa  - Satipo

 1,505

 1,444

59%

Consolidated Frontier,

CA: Marginal de la Selva

CA: Marginal de la Selva

HP Chimay (149 MW)

HP Hullamayo (134 MW)

HP Yaupai (102 MW)

HP Yuncan (130 MW)

HP Malpso (108 MEW)

138 kV line (x3)

PE-5-S

PE-5-N

yes

extensive

extensive

coffee, food crops

coffee, food crops

37b

Selva Cental / Oxapampa - Satipo

 6,579

 6,453

31%

Agricultural Frontier

38

Gran Pajonal - Atalaya

 2,242

 2,154

25%

Forest Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

PE-5-SA

no

limited

timber, beef, food crops

39

Ucayali Tributaries

 1,719

 1,651

32%

Forest Frontier

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-4)

IIRSA: Conexión terrestre Peru- Brazil

logging roads

timber, food crops

Au ASGM

40

Huánuco - Pasco Piedmont

 18,718

 7,773

42%%

Agricultural Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

GOP: Carretera Federico Basadre;

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-4, Am-8)

Amazon Hidrovia river port

Oil palm processing plants, Puerto de Pucallpa

Aguaytía Energy (gas)

118 kV line

Expansion of oil palm

PE-05-N

PE-18-C

UC-104

HU-104

yes

yes

no

moderate

oil palm, cacao, coca, beef, food crops

timber,

non-timber forest products

Oil & gas

41

Pucallpa

 2,753

 2,625

77%

Consolidated Frontier

42a

Upper Huallaga

 1,911

 1,862

73%

Consolidated Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

GOP: Fernando Belaunde

Oil palm plantations

Palm oil processing plants

HP Chaglla (456 MW)

HP Huallaga (372 MW)

HP Angel I, II, II (60 MW)

118 kV line

Expansion of oil palm

PE-5-N

PE-14-A

PE-12-A

SM-110

yes

no

no

no

moderate

coffee, cacao, oil palm,
food crops

42b

Upper Huallaga

 8,117

 8,024

36%

 Agricultural Frontier

43a

Lower Huallaga

 5,651

 5,467

73%

Consolidated Frontier,

CA: Marginal de la Selva

GOP: Fernando Belaunde

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-3)

Palm oil processing plants

Oil Palm Plantations

Irrigation systems

118 kV line

HP Pongo de Aguirre (750 MW)

HP Mayo I, II, III (800 MW)

Expansion of oil palm

PE-5N

SM-102

SM-105

SM-106

yes

25%

no

no

extensive

coffee, cacao, oil palm,
sugar cane, rice, food crops

43b

Lower Huallaga

 13,987

 13,889

37%

 Agricultural Frontier

44

Yurimaguas Piedmont

 6,929

 6,805

40%

Agricultural Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

GOP: Fernando Belaunde

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-3 & Am-6 )

oil palm extraction mill

oil palm plantations

Amazon Hidrovia river port

138 kV line

Amazon Hidrovia improvement,

138 kV line (Yurimaguas – Iquitos)

Expansion of oil palm

PE-05NA

LO-107

LO-108

yes

no

no

incipient

oil palm, cacao, coffee, food crops

45a

Marañon - Chachapoyas

 13,644

 13,228

26%

Consolidated Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-3 & Am-6)

Oleoducto Norperuano

HP Isimanchi (50 MW)

Corredor Interoceanico Norte (PeE-5N)

138 kV line

HP Rentema (1.5 GW)

HP Vera Cruz (720 KW)

HP Chadin (600 MW)

+ 35 HP plants up-river (~7 GW)

PE-682

PE-5N

PE-5NC

yes

extensive

coffee, cacao, oil palm, sugar cane, rice, food crops

45b

Marañon - Chachapoyas

 5,889

 4,614

64%

 Agricultural Frontier

46

Bagua - Saramariza Piedmont

 3,736

 3,684

10%

Forest Frontier

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-3 & Am-6)

Oleoducto Norperuano

HP El Muyo (567 MW)

138 kV line

Carretera - Samariza - Iquitos,

 HP Manseriche (4.5 GW)

 HP Escurrebraga (1.8 GW)

[LO-100]

PE-5ND

PE-5NC

 -

no

50%

no

food crops

Oil & gas

47

Morona - Santiago

 2,120

 2,094

8%

Forest Frontier

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-7 & Am-6)

Puerto Morona

EC-40

no

no

timber, beef

Cu, Au ASGM

48a

Ecuadorian Piedmont

 18,454

 18,241

19%

Consolidated Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA: Andean Hub (Ad-6)

IIRSA Amazon Hub (Am-1, Am-6 & Am-7)

Troncal Amazónica ( E_45)

HP Paute complex(1.6 GW)

HP Coda Coda Sinclair (1.5 GW)

HP Delsitanisagua (115 MW)

HP San Francisco (230 MW)

HP Agoyan (160 MW)

HP Mazar (160 MW)

HP Quijos (100 MW)

HP misc X 10(250 MW)

230 kW line

138 kW

Mirador mine (Cu, Au)

Condor mine (Cu)

Fruta del Norte mone (Au)

Yanantza (cu, Au)

HP Zamora Salto 1 (1 GW)

HP Zamora Salta 2 (924 MW)

HP Zamora Salta 3 (917 MW)

E-45

yes

extensive

cacao, coffee, food crops, beef, timber

Cu, Au ASGM

48a

Ecuadorian Piedmont

 18,454

 18,241

19%

Agricultural
Frontier

49

Sucumbios - Orellana

 13,234

 13,008

24%

Consolidated Frontier

Texaco Oil & Gas (1950-1990)

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-1)

Oil production fields; Oleoducto Transecuatoriano

Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados

Oil palm processing plants

230 kW line

Puerto Providencia

E-10

E-20

yes

yes

extensive

coffee, cacao, oil palm, food crops

timber

Oil & gas

50

Sucumbios - Orellana

 13,234

 13,008

24%

Agricultural
Frontier

51

Putumayo - Caquetá

 20,581

 19,928

35%

Coca Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA: Eje Amazonas (Am-2

IIRSA: Andean Hub (Ad-6)

Oil production fields

Oleoducto Transandino

Puerto Assis

CR-65

CR-45

50%

moderate

coca, beef

timber

Oil & gas

52

Central Caquetá

 13,152

 12,709

87%

Consolidated Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA: Andean Hub (Ad-6)

CR-65

CR-65

yes

moderate

beef

timber

Oil & gas

53

Caquetá - Macarena

 22,100

 20,709

45%

Agricultural
Frontier

CA: Marginal de la Selva

IIRSA: Andean Hub (Ad-6)

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

CR-65

Transversal de la Macarena (CR-65)

CR-65

yes

extensive (illegal/

unplanned)

coca, beef

timber

Oil & gas

54

Guaviare - Macarena

 16,321

 15,111

34%

Coca Frontier

USAID - Alt. Development

UNODC - Alt. Development

CR-75

Transversal de la Macarena (CR-65)

CR-75

[CR-65]

yes

extensive (illegal/

unplanned)

coca, beef, timber

Oil & gas

177,429

 164,995

14%

 

 

Guiana Amazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

Roraima

 37,268

 35,382

31%

Forest Frontier

PIN: Rodovia BR-174

POLOAMAZONIA - Region X

ENID/PAC: Arco Norte

IIRSA: Guiana Shield Hub (Gu-1, Gu-2)

Beef slaughterhouse (1)

Fibre optic cable

HP Bem Querer (708 MW)

Agroindustrial complex

500 kV line (Manaus – Boa Vista)

BR-174

BR-210

BR-433

BR-401

RR-171

RR-210

yes

50%

no

no

no

no

extensive

beef

rice

soy-maize

oil palm

timber

Au ASGM

diamonds

56

Arco Minero - Venezuela

 6,847

 5,290

13%

Consolidated Frontier

CVG: Corporación Venezolano de Guayana

IIRSA: Guiana Shield Hub (Gu-1)

Industrial gold mines

iron ore and bauxite mines

HP Guri (10 GW)

HP Caruachi (2.2 GW)

HP Macagua (2.69 GW)

Los Pijigüaos (bauxite)

San Isidro/ Barranacos /Altamira (Fe)

Ciudad Guyana Metallurgical complex

HP Tocoma (2.1 GW)

VE-10

yes

moderate

timber

Au ASGM

diamonds

57

Coastal Guiana

 38,645

 33,307

23%

Consolidated Frontier

IIRSA: Guiana Shield Hub (Gu-4)

Bauxite mines (abandoned)

Coastal Highway

Offshore oil &gas

Coastal Road

 East West IIRSA Link

yes

moderate

sugar cane,

rice

Bauxite, Oil & gas

58

Guyana - Venezuela Greenstone Belt

 37,655

 35,891

3%

Gold Mining Frontier

IIRSA: Guiana Shield Hub (Gu-2 & Gu-3)

Georgetown Letham Highway

Industrial gold mines: Omai, Aurora, Toraparu Hill, Karouni , Eagle Mountain, Las Cristinas, Lo Increible

HP Amalia Falls (110 MW)

Industrial gold mines (~5)

Georgetown Letham Highway

VE-10

no

 

yes

no

timber

Au ASGM

59

Suriname - French Guiana Greenstone Belt

 49,118

 48,518

4%

Gold Mining Frontier

IIRSA: Guiana Shield Hub (Gu-4)

Guiana Space Centre

HP Brokopondo (30 MW)

HP Petit-Saute (110 MWO

Industrial gold mines: Montagne d’Or, Rosebel, Saramaca, Merian

Industrial gold mines (~5)

no

timber

 

Au ASGM

60

Amapá

 7,896

 6,607

12%

Forest Frontier

POLOAMAZONIA XII

ENID/PAC: Arco Norte

IIRSA: Amazon Hub (Am-6)

IIRSA: Guiana Shield Hub (Gu-4)

HP Ferreira Gomes (MW 252)

HP Cachoeira Caldairão (MW 219)

HP Coaracy Nunes (MW68)

Tucano gold mine

Serra de Navio mine (Mn, Fe)

Pavement of BR-156

Off-shore oil & gas

Industrial mines

BR-156

BR-210

50%

no

limited

timber

beef

Mn, Fe

Au ASGM

Oil & gas

Miscellaneous abbreviations: HP: hydropower plant, ASGM:  artisanal and small-scale gold mining; OPGW -- Optical ground wire is a fibre optical cable used in overhead power lines.

 


 

 

Development Initiatives

Acronym

Program / Entity

Period

source

CVG

Corporación Venezolana de Guayana

1960 - present

 https://iamvenezuela.com/2017/04/sede-de-la-corporacion-venezolana-de-guayana-cvg/

USAID

Alliance for Progress

1960 - 1970

 https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1862/MEMORY.pdf

CA

Comunidad Andina, Carratera Marignal de la Selva

1963 -present

 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021323194?urlappend=%3Bseq=233

POLOAMAZINIA

Programa de pólos agropecuários  agrminerais da Amazon ia

1964 - 1988

 https://issuu.com/bibliovirtualsec/docs/polamaz__nia

PIN

Programa de Integração Nacional

1969 - 1974

 http://www.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-tematico/programa-de-integracao-nacional-pin

WB: POLONOROESTE

World Bank the Northwest Region Integrated Development Program

1980 - 1990

  http://www.iirsa.org/proyectos/Principal.aspx 

WB: Tierras Bajas del Este

World Bank, Eastern lowlands: natural resource and agricultural production project

1991 - 2000

 http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/801411468227710688/pdf/multi-page.pdf

ENID/PAC

 Eixos Nacionais de Integração e Desenvolvimento (Programa Brasil em Ação)

1999 - 2010

 https://web.bndes.gov.br/bib/jspui/handle/1408/11854

IIRSA

Iniciativa para la Integración de la Infraestructura Regional Suramericana 

2000 - present

 http://www.iirsa.org/proyectos/Principal.aspx

UNDOC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -Alternative development

2000 - present

 https://www.unodc.org/colombia/es/da2013/daprincipal.html

USAID

United States Agencia United States Agency for International Development - Aslternative

2000 - present

 https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1862/ad-fs-english-4apr18_1.pdf

PHE

Plano Hidroviario Estrategico

2013 - present

 https://www.gov.br/infraestrutura/pt-br/assuntos/transporte-aquaviario/plano-hidroviario-estrategico

PPI

Programa de Parcerias de Investimentos 

2016 - present

 https://www.ppi.gov.br/projetos1#/s/Em%20andamento/u//e//m//r/

GOP

Government of Peru / Fernando Belaunde

1960s