During 2010 and 2013 the Independent Advisory Panel on Development Issues in South-Central Peru will work diligently to prepare an Annual Report on issues they believe significant related to the economic, financial, social, environmental, ecological, and ethnic consequences of Camisea Project in South-Central Peru.

This document is the first in a series of annual reports to be prepared by the Independent Advisory Panel on Development Issues in South-Central Peru. Given the enormous scope of the issues associated with the Panel’s area of work, it is both impossible and impractical for the Panel to go into a great level of detail on very specific issues in its first report and thus in 2010, the Panel focused on gathering information, identifying sources of data, interviewing key players, and more broadly, developing a proper understanding of the broader context in which these complex issues can be studied. More detailed field studies will be initiated by the Panel beginning in 2011.

The 2010 Report identifies and frames six main issues that the Panel will continue to study in the remaining 3 years of activities. These include:

   • Greenhouse Gas Emissions

   • The Energy Mix of Peru

   • Wealth Distribution from Extractive Industries

   • Cumulative Impacts and Consequences

   • Socio-Environmental Impacts, Focusing on the Camisea Region

   • Community Monitoring of Extractive Industries: What can it tell us about long term social impacts in South Central Peru.