Approximately 230 invitees, including representatives from the government,
NGO’s, indigenous leaders and researchers, are to meet on the 18 through the 20
of this month in Sinop, Mato Grosso State. They will be participating in the
Symposium: For a Sustainable BR-163- Challenges and Sustainability from Cuiaba
to Santarem. The principal objective of this coming together is to elaborate a
conjunction of socio-environmental proposals for Mato Grosso State’s BR-163
road, also known as the Cuiaba-Santarem Highway. As part of President Lula’s
Pluri-annual Plan 2004-07, presented to the Congress in September, this artery
is to be entirely asphalted.
The Symposium: A Sustainable BR-163 is an initiative by the Socio-Environmental
Institute, developed in partnership with the following entities: Mato Grosso
Forum on the Environment and Development), Centre for Life Institute, the local
State University, the Amazonia Environmental Research Institute, the ...