The president of the Peruvian Environment National Congress, Manuel Bernales Alvarado, has proposed that, in order to improve their efficiency and emissions, all trains in Peru should operate on natural gas, including the railroads that will be constructed in the Amazonian region. Bernales Alvarado especially addressed the Brazil-Peru railroad project that will link the northern ports of Paita and Bayóvar with the Brazilian locality of Cruceiro do Sul. This project was unanimously approved by the National Congress on March 13th. Natural gas trains for the Amazon were already discussed at the First Congress about International Environmental Science called "Amazonia and Sustainable Development.” It was stated that natural gas use must be a fundamental requirement for the approval of the environmental impact statement for the railroad project because it saves energy, reduces pollution and improves the protection of the Amazonian ecosystem.
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