Gas for Peru v green imperialism. L

Gas for Peru v green imperialism. LIMA Where should the balance between development and the environment be struck? And who should strike it? AFTER nearly two decades of contract negotiations, natural gas from the Amazon jungle looks finally set to reach Peru's capital, Lima, by next August. However, US environmentalists are making a final attempt to stop the $1.5 billion project, which if it goes ahead should turn Peru from an importer of fuel into an exporter. Camisea has huge gas reserves, more than enough to supply Lima for many years. In 2000, Peru's government awarded a licence to develop the field to an "upstream" consortium headed by Pluspetrol of Argentina and Hunt Oil, a US firm. A second "downstream" consortium is building a 700km pipeline to the coast. There will also be two plants on the Pacific coast to process and export gas to Mexico and energy-hungry California. But the lobbying, led by Amazon Watch, caused the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) last week to put off a decision on a $75m loan for the pipeline. Approval by the IDB might unlock another loan, of $200m, for the "upstream" consortium, from the United States Export-Import Bank. Unfortunately, Camisea itself is deep in the Peruvian jungle. Its opponents claim that the project threatens tribes of Amazon Indians, rare species and the rainforest along the pipeline route and that the export terminals would endanger a marine reserve at Paracas. Certainly, some Indians died from disease after first coming in contact with workers in the mid-1980s. But Camisea's defenders argue that its benefits are huge and that any social and environmental costs can be minimised. Peru, once an oil exporter, now imports some $500m of fuel a year. Camisea is going to provide cleaner, cheaper energy for local consumers, as well as exports. The IDB estimates that the project would add 0.8 per cent a year to Peru's GDP over its 30-year life. Jaime Quijandria, the economy minister, says that it should generate tax revenues of up to $200m a year, much of which will go to the poorest areas through which the pipeline passes. Lobbying by the greens has forced the government and the developers to take precautions. The consortium is using "offShore" technology at Camisea - drilling sites are being operated as if they were islands in the jungle. Workers and supplies are helicoptered in. There are no access roads. Jungle will soon cover over the scars left by construction work. None of this satisfies the more radical US greens, such as Amazon Watch. They claim massive soil damage is taking place along the pipeline. They also oppose the planned location of the export terminals. These are close to the Paracas marine but in an area already damaged by industry. Without the loans, Camisea may still go ahead. But the project would take longer and might finish up having less money to spend on protecting the environment. Some of the concerns about Camisea's environmental and social risks are no doubt real. Bodies such as the IDB can help. But many Peruvians think it should be for Peru to decide whether and how to make best use of its natural resources.

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wanI' tlhaQ peru LUT VAGH SuD imperialism. lima nuqDaq DaH Hamlet nach ngaD DuqIppu'chugh development environment? 'ej HeghDaj mup je 'Iv? peru mon, lima, SIch pong veb august tagha' HIjmeH qaSpu'DI' tlhoS cha' decades contract negotiations, legh natural SIp vo' amazon jungle. 'ach Qav nID $ 1.5 500 000 000 jInmol, vaj ruch 'oH moj peru tlhe' vo' importer nIn quvHa'moHlaHbe' exporter baS mev chenmoH u.s. environmentalists. nuj tInqu' ghaj SIp reserves, DIS neH vay' lima supply law' ghaj camisea. qaStaHvIS 2000, licence "upstream" consortium pluspetrol argentina je chon Oil, u.s. pe'vIl 'uch nach yotlh Hach van'a' qum peru. 700 km pipeline coast qach cha'DIch consortium "downstream". je tu'lu' cha' poch pacific coast mIw 'ej SIp export mexico 'ej california HoS, 'Itlaw' ghaH. 'ach inter-american Development DaH ((idb)) luH tamtaHvIS, Dev bej amazon, Qav Hogh DoH $ 75 m malja'lIj jay' pipeline decision lan. latlh malja'lIj jay', $ 200 m, "upstream" consortium, vo' united 'amerI'qa' Export-DughajmoH beyIl'e' chaq unlock pong idb approval. Do'Ha' camisea 'ej QuQ narghtaHvIS 'oH jaQ pa' peruvian jungle. amazon indian, qub mut 'ej along pipeline He rainforest tuq buQ jInmol, 'ej 'ej 'e' marine reserve DeSDu' paracas endanger export terminals DoQ SuvwI' ghol. bej, Hegh 'op indian vo' rop qaSpu'DI' wa'DIch yI'el contact ghaH mid-1980s workers. 'ach 'e' chepmoH nuj tInqu' ghaj 'ej 'e' laH minimised vay' social 'ej environmental costs legh camisea defenders. 'op $ 500 m nIn DaH DughajmoH, wa'logh oil exporter, peru. ghoS cheaper HoS lutu'lu'bej consumers DuHIvDI' cleaner, Hoch law' camisea exports. 'e' 0.8 per cent chel jInmol, 'ej peru, qatlh noH idb gdp rIn 30-DIS yIn. jatlh jaime quijandria, vIDa economy, vaj rup revenues Da'elDI' $ 200 m DIS ghoS 'uSer baS poorest mIchHom vegh jIHMej juS pipeline vaj generate 'oH. qum developers precautions tlhap 'ej raD tamtaHvIS SuD. "offShore" cham lo' consortium DeSDu' camisea-Qap qeq Daq Men chaH jungle islands. helicoptered workers 'ej supplies neH. pagh naw' roads tu'lu'. tugh yuvtlhe' jungle rIn scars pong construction vum mej. pagh ghu'vam ralqu'nIStaH radical u.s. SuD, such as amazon bej yon. along pipeline gheSpu' baS qIj soil QIH DoQ chaH. nab location export terminals je qaD chaH. roD close to paracas marine 'ach qaStaHvIS yoS chonayta' QIH pong industry. Hutlh malja'lIj jay', chaq reH ruch camisea. 'ach tlhap nI'qu' chaq rIn woDDI' qup Huch 'arghbej environment QaD ghajbogh jInmol. 'op vIHtaHbogh camisea environmental 'ej social bISuDqu' 'e' concerns ghobe' Hon real. laH QaH lom such as idb. a vaj 'oH peru wuq chaq 'ej chay' law' peruvian vay' nIvbogh lo' natural resources.