The Camisea Project is made up of two gas and condensate structures located in the surroundings of the Camisea river, approximately 20 kilometers to the right of the Urubamba river. The area is recognized as one of the most important biodiversity hotspots around the world. From an environmental point of view, the area is located in a tropical rainforest in the Peruvian Amazonian region, sitting in the middle of two zones famous for their high biodiversity: the Apurimac Reserve to the west and the Manu National Park to the east.

Camisea River

The population present in the area directly and indirectly influenced by the project (Lower Urubamba River zone) belongs to the Machiguenga, Yine, Ashaninka, Yaminahua, Amahuaca, Nahua and Nanty amazon ethnic groups.   << Cashiriari River

Native Communities Map

The Machiguenga group is located along the riverbanks of the Cashiriari, Camisea and Urubamba, while the Yine, Ashaninka, Yaminahua and Amahuaca groups are found in the northern area. In general, these are traditional native settlements that strongly preserve their cultural identity. They live in communities with property rights duly recognized by Peruvian law. At the same time, they are grouped into indigenous regional federations and national confederations. Cashiriari Native Community>>

Usual Domestic Activities

The Nahua and Nanty populations are groups that live in several levels of isolation within a reserved area granted by the Peruvian Government. The eastern portion of the Block-88 (Camisea) is within this reserved area. Part of these Nanty and Nahua people have been in a process of sedentariness for the last 10 to 15 years. Currently, the Nahua people have one incipient settlement (Santa Rosa de Serjali) and the Nanty people have two (Marankeato and Montetoni). All three settlements are located outside of Block-88 boundaries.

Marankeato Settlement

Nanty People	Nanty People	Nanty Dwellings

In total, there are 22 native communities settled and 3 settlements in incipient conditions that belong to groups at initial contact stage within the area directly and indirectly influenced by the Upstream Project (Lower Urubamba River zone).

The Upstream Consortium has stated the following socio-environmental principles in order to develop the Camisea project:

Segakiato Native Community		Compliance with the socio-environmental legislation and with the Consortium Corporate Policy on Environment, Health and Safety
		Respect towards the Communities: “Good Neighbor” policy
		Respect for property and land possession
		Collaboration with the Government of Peru to meet local needs – Sustainable development
		Recognition of high sensitivity and biodiversity

The environmental consulting group ERM (Environmental Resources Management) performed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Camisea Upstream Project, which includes a Social Impact Assessment. The development of the EIA allowed the definition of the Environmental Management Plan that includes the Impact Mitigation Program for each of the different components of the Project: gas plant construction, 3D seismic activities, flowlines construction and wells drilling. The Environmental Management Plan also includes the Contingency Plans for each sub-project. Some of the most important are:

	Construction period contingency plans
	Fluvial transportation contingency plan
	Anthropological contingency plan
	Spill response plan
	Medical evacuation plan

As Operator of the Upstream, Pluspetrol has made a commitment to operate within the Peruvian legal framework as well as to select international standards (World Bank and EPA) for the environmental monitoring programs (liquid effluents, waste management, noise reduction, etc.)

In order to develop activities with the native communities in the area, the Upstream Consortium has designed a Native Communities Plan based on the control and mitigation of negative social impacts and in the development of positive social impacts.

The preparation of the Native Communities Plan has considered the execution of a total of nine work programs that will be implemented simultaneously in some cases. Implementation of the following programs in the area of influence of the project began in 2001:

	Communication and Consultation Program	Local Workers Hired for 3D Seismic Activities
	Environmental Impact Assessment Program
	Training Program for Pluspetrol and Contractors Personnel
	Local Work Program
	Supervision and Control Program
	Agreement Program
	Compensation and Indemnization Program
	Special Studies Program
	Social Contingency Program

As part of the Native Communities Plan, an Agreement and Compensation Program has been created in order to develop a process leading to fair negotiations and further agreement with each of the communities directly involved in the Camisea Project for the use of land and natural resources.

An economic appraisal of impacts on the existing natural resources and biodiversity in five of the native communities located in the direct influence area was carried out, in order to give technical support to Pluspetrol and the communities for the process of agreement and compensation.

As a result of this program, five agreements in relation with the activities of seismic data acquisition and flowlines construction were signed with the native communities of Camisea, Segakiato, Shivankoreni, Cashiriari and Ticumpinia.

The Upstream Consortium is strongly committed to local populations and biodiversity. Its consultation and participation principles are based on transparency and openness.

Furthermore, and as a result of the implementation of the "good neighbour" policy, Pluspetrol has received several letters of gratitude from the different groups and communities that develop their activities in the area (download letters of gratitude- spanish version).

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