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BR-163 (Brazil highway)

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BR-163 Cuiabá-Santarém
BR-163 Cuiabá-Rio Grande do Sul

BR-163 is a highway in Brazil, going from Cuiabá, the capital city of Mato Grosso state, to Santarém in the state of Pará. It runs through 1,780 km (1,110 mi) in the heart of the Amazon Basin. As part of the Avança Brasil project, it has been proposed to pave the road in its entirety.

Conservationists[who?] worry that paving the road will lead to deforestation in the Amazon through greater access to pristine areas, cheaper transportation costs for soybeans and other agricultural commodities, and land speculation along the highway.

It's estimated that up to 80% of the road is currently re-paved.[1]

References

  • Christian Science Monitor
  • Philip Fearnside. 2001. "Soybean Cultivation as a Threat to the Environment in Brazil". Environmental Conservation 28 (1):23-28.
  • Maria del Carmen Vera-Diaz, Robert K. Kaufmann and Daniel C. Nepstad. 2005. "The Environmental Impacts of Soybean Expansion and Infrastructure Development in

Brazil’s Amazon Basin. Global Development and Environment Institute Working Paper NO. 09-05"




As of March 2013, the road is about 80% paved.