I select the project regarding World Bank support for Brazil’s “Polonoroeste” development program, in particularly the one which help the building of a highway in the middle of Amazonian state of Rondonia and Mato Grosso to start a new development area where before there was only forest.
The project consisted in help the local civil government in develop new infrastructure such as road, agriculture fields and so one which can connect the coast area, the most developed one, to the Amazonian area. Inside the project there was also the Idea to build a highway long about 1500 km into the forest, with also a resettle plan for the migrants in the northwest of the region.
The negative impact of this project are summaries in environmental and civilian issues, in fact all there was an uncontrolled migration to the new Amazonian area, but this migration was not planned in a proper way and the result was a massive …show more content…
(Taylor, 1986)
As far as I’m concerned there is no project or activities without negative impact, it’s only a matter of point of view. When someone starts a new project or activities tried to show the benefits and advantage to his stakeholders, the counterpart can see the benefit too or feel the negative impact. Not every time we can avoid negative impact, but in my opinion in this case the World Bank and more the local Government should “put themselves in indigenous shoes” to better understand the project and migration impact on local environment and people.
The government tried to take care about environmental side with a deforestation plan which consist in “give to each colonist 100 hectares, 5 of which would be cleared and planted each year, allowing the forest to regenerate over 20 years.” (Frelastre, 1985) but it was something didn’t work well because external agent modifies the plans, in example the inflationary
The project consisted in help the local civil government in develop new infrastructure such as road, agriculture fields and so one which can connect the coast area, the most developed one, to the Amazonian area. Inside the project there was also the Idea to build a highway long about 1500 km into the forest, with also a resettle plan for the migrants in the northwest of the region.
The negative impact of this project are summaries in environmental and civilian issues, in fact all there was an uncontrolled migration to the new Amazonian area, but this migration was not planned in a proper way and the result was a massive …show more content…
(Taylor, 1986)
As far as I’m concerned there is no project or activities without negative impact, it’s only a matter of point of view. When someone starts a new project or activities tried to show the benefits and advantage to his stakeholders, the counterpart can see the benefit too or feel the negative impact. Not every time we can avoid negative impact, but in my opinion in this case the World Bank and more the local Government should “put themselves in indigenous shoes” to better understand the project and migration impact on local environment and people.
The government tried to take care about environmental side with a deforestation plan which consist in “give to each colonist 100 hectares, 5 of which would be cleared and planted each year, allowing the forest to regenerate over 20 years.” (Frelastre, 1985) but it was something didn’t work well because external agent modifies the plans, in example the inflationary