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A visual journey into Environmental and Social Safeguards  

October 2, 2019 por ESG Communications Leave a Comment


In this blog, we celebrate the value of IDB safeguards through the lens of our specialists across the region. Here is a brief glimpse of the work they do in environmental and social safeguards.

The Majestic Illimani Mountain

The Majestic Illimani Mountain

Roberto Leal – August, 2018

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Parc Industriale Caracol

Parc Industriale Caracol

Serge Troch – 2015

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Sambo Creek, Garifuna Village

Sambo Creek, Garifuna Village

Alvaro Fresno – July, 2019

Comarca Indígena Madugandí

Comarca Indígena Madugandí

Andrea Gaviano – June, 2019

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The Capital of the Amazonas

The Capital of the Amazonas

Jose Luis de la Bastida – January, 2019

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The Salinas

The Salinas

Natasha Kate Ward – March, 2019

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Women in Arequipa

Women in Arequipa

Lara Chinarro – December, 2010

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Road in Argentina

Road in Argentina

Daniela Zuloaga – June, 2018

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Water is Life

Water is Life

Ana Rodriguez – 2015

Sambo Creek, Pueblo Garífuna

On the shores of the Caribbean Sea is Villa Garifuna, in La Ceiba, Honduras. There a bridge crosses over the Machón gorge and is part of an incredible natural landscape and great ecotourism potential, key tool for the empowerment of the Garifuna communities. The photograph was taken as part of the ESG supervision mission in Honduras.
Alvaro Fresno – July, 2019.

Comarca Indígena Madugandí

In Guna Yala, Panama, you may find the indigenous tribe “La Gavilana”, where cultural richness is unimaginable, and also, very colorful. There, women are heads of households, and one of the main commercial activities is the making of handicrafts. The photograph is part of the ESG supervision mission in Panama.
Andrea Gaviano – June, 2019

The Capital of the Amazonas

The bank is executing resettlements in a project in Manaos, the capital of the Amazonas State in Brazil. The beneficiaries, like this woman, now have basic needs that weren’t covered before. But most importantly: they are no longer living in areas with great risk of flooding.
Jose Luis de la Bastida – January, 2019

The Salinas

The Salinas Grandes are located in the north west part of Argentina, in the provinces of Jujuy and Salta, at an average altitude of 3450 MASL. Under a US$80 million loan to the Ministry of Tourism, Bank resources are being directed to support the development of tourism infrastructure in the area to facilitate increased visitation to the area. As a result of the Bank’s ongoing safeguard support to the loan, tourism projects are assessed by the Program’s environmental and social specialists to ensure they meet with Bank standards, particularly related to safeguarding critical habitats, and consulting with local communities.
Natasha Kate Ward – March, 2019

Women in Arequipa

Agriculture is one of the main economic activities in Arequipa, Perú. As a result, water is a cherished resource. This picture shows one of the first workshops from a project to improve irrigation on the Coast. There, women water the crops, but men hold the water rights. Traditionally, the workshops used to be directed at men, who rarely transmitted the knowledge to their families. Here, women received gender-oriented workshops to improve village irrigation for better management of the water as a village. The project was able to improve female participation in higher positions among the user board.
Lara Chinarro – December 2010

Road in Argentina

View of a scenic road part of a tourism project in Argentina from Salta to the Parque Nacional los Cardones, taken during a Supervision mission. The winding road to be upgraded can be seen as well as some of the potential landslide risks.
Daniela Zuloaga – June 2018

Water is Life

Water is the most important component for all living species in the world. Lets keep on working and looking ahead for a cleaner and more sustainable world for our future. Photo panoramic view of part of the DC water treating plan for the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia area during an ESG site visit tour of the plant.
Ana Rodriguez – 2015

The Majestic Illimani Mountain

The majestic Illimani mountain in the background overlooks the old central train station in La Paz Bolivia. This is the future site of the Parque de las Culturas y Madre Tierra. This photo was taken during the due diligence process, allowing us to analyze the limits of the park and define the boundaries of lots of informal occupation in order to analyze possible resettlement. It also allowed us to analyze the possible impact of the cultural heritage site on the historic buildings within the premises.
Roberto Leal – August 2018

Parc Industriale Caracol

In the Parc Industriel de Caracol, in the North of Haiti, construction signage are in Spanish and French, since the construction has workers from Dominican Republic (the origin of the construction firm) but also Haiti. Part of our work is to ensure proper signage are in the construction sites.

Serge Troch – 2015

 

 

 


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