Source: Inter Press Service News Agency

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 16 (IPS) - Rather late and somewhat quietly, civil society organisations have begun to discuss the impact of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), launched by the region's governments in 2000, which is planning 335 major projects.

Concerned about the lack of available information on the projects, some of which have already got underway, the South American Regional Committee of the World Conservation Union (UICN-Sur) convened an Electronic Forum on Civil Society Perspectives on IIRSA, which opened in September and ended this month with a summary of the contributions received.

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Posted by pichu at October 16, 2006 9:05 PM