What is natural gas?
Where is natural gas found?
Extracting natural gas in the Amazon
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
It could save Peru up to US$4 billion in energy costs It provides employment opportunities and helps boost local economies Improved infrastructure could bring benefits to local people. Agriculture could become more productive |
Deforestation needed to lay pipelines and other devleopments will destroy habitats The project could impact the lives of several tribes, affecting their food and water supplies Clearing routes for pipeline has led to landslides and pollution of streams which has resulted in decline of fish stocks |