Highway projects bring destruction to the rainforest and surrounding ecosystems in South America. One connecting Brazil and Peru is a case in point.

By Georgina Gustin

The two-lane Interoceanic Highway climbs from the humid flatlands of Peru’s Amazon rainforest upward toward the famed Incan city of Cuzco. Along the way, it serpentines across rivers, through clouds, past rocky hillsides stippled with grazing llamas and alpacas. The air at the very crest of the highway—at more than 15,500 feet—is so thin, everything seems to move in slow motion.

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