Footprints in the Jungle (eBook, PDF)

Natural Resource Industries, Infrastructure, and Biodiversity Conservation
Redaktion: Bowles, Ian A.; Prickett, Glenn T.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Tropical forests have seen a tremendous growth in logging, mining, and oil and gas development over the past decades. These industries and their infrastructure, including roads and power lines, have a tremendous impact on the environment and often conflict with the growing concern for conservation, particularly the conservation of tropical biodiversity. However, development in the tropics is extremely important economically, both for developing and industrialized nations, and Footprints in the Jungle is an invaluable reference in this important and highly politicized debate. This volume looks at new approaches that lessen the impact of development. It collects numerous case studies by project managers, advocates, and researchers from major international companies, development agencies, universities, and non-governmental organizations. It also examines the environmental and social impact of resource development, proposes a rigorous "best practices" approach, and analyzes a number of challenging technical, environmental, social, and legal issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198029069
• Artikelnr.: 38137590

Autorenporträt

Ian Bowles is the Director of Environmental Affairs for the National Security Council and Associate Director for International Policy, COuncil on Environmental Quality. His research focuses on the role of development agencies and the private sector in biodiversity conservation. He also served as a legislative assistant on international and environmental issues. Glenn T. Prickett is Senior Vice President for Environmental Leadership in Business at Conservation International, where he develops strategic partnerships to promote conservation with major international corporations in a wide range of fields. He has also served as Chief Environmental Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Section I: Conservation and Development in the 21st Century Tropics
* 1: Russell A. Mittermeier and William R. Konstant: Biodiversity
Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends and the Outlook for the
Future
* 2: Everett J. Santos: Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure
Development
* 3: Lisa Jordan and Christopher H. Chamberlain: Partner or Pariah:
Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries
* 4: Michael LaGraff and Peter Scupholme: Corporate Strategies for
Environmental Management
* Section II: Oil and Gas Exploration and Extraction meet Conservation
* 5: Amy B. Rosenfeld, Debra Gordon, and Marianne Guerin-McManus:
Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and
Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics
* 6: Robert Krastas and Jennifer A. Parnell: An Industry Perspective on
Environment and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case
Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador
* 7: Jorgen B. Thomsen, Carol Mitchell, Richard Piland, and Joseph R.
Donnaway: Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru
* Section III: Forest under Pressure
* 8: Nigel Sizer: Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation
* 9: Erling Lorentzen: Aracruz Cellulose: A Case History
* 10: Justin R. Ward and Yurij Bihun: Stewardship of Mexico's Community
Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for the
Environment and Rural Development
* 11: Richard Rice, Cheri Sugal, Peter C. Frumhoff, Elizabeth Losos,
and Raymond Gullison: Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the
Context of Logging in Tropical Forests
* Section IV: Mining and Conservation Issues
* 12: Alyson Warhurst and Kevin Franklin: Biodiversity Conservation,
Minerals Extraction, and Development: Towards a Realistic Partnership
* 13: Gary Nash: Mining Industries: Responses to Environmental and
Social Issues
* 14: Frederick T. Graybeal: Evolution of Environmental Practice During
Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project, French Guiana
* 15: David N. Smith and Cyril Kormos: Conservation and Concession
Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements
* Section V. Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
* 16: Eliezer Batista da Silva, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, and Amy B.
Rosenfeld: Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing
Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce
Conservation Impacts
* 17: Robert J. Dobias and Kirk Talbott: Environmental and Social
Considerations in Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road
Network
* 18 Roads and Tropical Forest: From White Lines to White Elephants:
John Reid
* 19: Silvio Olivieri and Claudia Martinez: Condor: Better Decision
Making on Infrastructure Projects
* Section VI: Conclusions
* Leaving More than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility