Footprints in the jungle : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: xix, 332 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0195125789 (alk. paper)
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Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: Conservation and Development in the 21st Century Tropics
1. Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends and the Outlook for the Future 9
, Russell A. Mittermeier and William R. Konstant
2. Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development 29
Everett J. Santos
3. Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries 37
PART II: OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT MEET CONSERVATION
4. Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics 55
Amy B. Rosenfeld, Debra Gordon, and Marianne Guerin-McManus
5.An Industry Perspective on Environment and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador 73
Robert Krastas and Jennifer A. Parnell
6.Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: perspectives from Block 78, Peru 90
Jorgen B.Thomsen
Carol Mitchell
Richard Piland
Joseph R.Donnaway
PART III: FOREST UNDER PRESSURE
7.Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation 115
Nigel Sizer
8.Aracruz Cellulose: A Case History 134
Erling Lorentzen
9. Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for the Environment and Rural Development 145
Justin R. Ward
Yurij Bihun
10.Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests, Richard Rice, Cheri Sugal, Peter C. Frumhoff, Elizabeth Losos, and Raymond Gullison
Lgging in Tropical Forests 168
Richard Rice
Cheri Sugal
Peter C. Frumhoff
Elizabeth Losos
Raymond Gullison
PARTIV: Mining and Conservation
11. Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Towards a Realistic Partnership 183
Alyson Warhurst and Kevin Franklin
12. Mining Industries: Responses to Environmental and Social Issues 204
Gary Nash
13. Evolution of Environmental Practice During Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project, French Guiana 222
Frederick T. Graybeal
14. Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements 233
David N. Smith and Cyril Kormos
PART V. Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
15. Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts 249
Eliezer Batista da Silva, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, and Amy B. Rosenfeld
16. Environmental and Social Considerations in Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network 258
Robert J. Dobias and Kirk Talbott
17Roads and Tropical Forest: From White Lines to White Elephants .281
John Reid
18. Condor: Better Decision Making on Infrastructure Projects 292
Silvio Olivieri
Claudia Martinez
PART VI: Conclusions
Conclution. Leave more than foot prints: The new corporate responsibilty 307
Indedex 317
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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