The Brazilian government is in the process of implementing a broad portfolio of infrastructure investments to address its poor infrastructure. Many of these projects are located in the Amazon, which is the world\u2019s largest tropical forest and a vital natural resource that provides essential ecosystem services for the national economy. Given the ecological role of the Amazon region, it is imperative to measure the socio-environmental risks of infrastructure projects and assess the extent to which they can be prevented or mitigated. For these reasons, gaining a better understanding of the processes of contracting environmental studies is relevant to identify bottlenecks and propose strategies that lead to the implementation of more robust projects with less impact and better mitigation measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social and environmental risks of infrastructure are currently assessed by Brazil\u2019s public administration during two moments in the project life cycle: during the Technical, Economic, and Environmental Feasibility Studies (Estudos de Viabilidade T\u00e9cnica, Econ\u00f4mica e Ambiental<\/em> \u2013 EVTEA) and during the Environmental Impact Assessment (Estudo de Impacto Ambiental<\/em> \u2013 EIA). The quality of EVTEA and EIAs is crucial for the decision-making process of determining whether the administration moves forward with a project and for robust project development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this report, researchers from Climate Policy Initiative\/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI\/PUC-Rio) summarize an in-depth analysis of the contracting process for EVTEA and EIAs. They provide recommendations on how these processes can be improved. The report finds that the contracting process lacks clarity. The researchers found a lack of transparency in the selection, evaluation, and approval of studies. Additionally, the budgets do not always specify how the money should be allocated, and when they do specify, money is primarily allocated for the diagnostic analysis. This report identifies an opportunity to anticipate part of the analysis to earlier phases on the project life cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this report, researchers from CPI\/PUC-Rio analyze in detail the public contracting process for EVTEA and EIAs for land transport infrastructure projects in the Amazon and reveal: a lack of transparency in the contracting process and a lack of criteria for selection, evaluation and approval of the studies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":35231,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"programs":[725],"regions":[353],"topics":[1198,941,481,1455,1196],"collaborations":[],"class_list":["post-35233","cpi_publications","type-cpi_publications","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","programs-brazil","regions-brazil","topics-climate-law-and-governance","topics-infrastructure","topics-land-use","topics-legislative-analysis","topics-natural-resource-conservation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKEY FINDINGS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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