Footprints in the jungle [[electronic resource] ] : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / / edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465490503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1-4294-0220-2; 1-280-53028-6; 1-60256-330-6; 0-19-802906-3; 9786610530281
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BowlesIan A; PrickettGlenn T
• Disciplina: 333.95/16/0913
• Soggetti: Forest management - Tropics; Forest products industry - Environmental aspects - Tropics; Economic development - Environmental aspects - Tropics; Forest biodiversity conservation - Tropics; Rain forest conservation; Rain forest ecology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Introduction. The Growing Footprint: Resource Extraction Investments Expand Further into the Humid Tropics; Part I: Conservation and Development in the Twenty-first-Century Tropics; 1 Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends, and the Outlook for the Future; 2 Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development; 3 Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries; Part ll: Oil and Gas Development Meet Conservation; 4 Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics5 An Industry ; Perspective on Environmental and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador; 6 Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru; Part III: Forests under Pressure; 7 Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation; 8 Aracruz Celulose: A Case History; 9 Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for Conservation and Rural Development10 Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests; Part IV: Mining and Conservation; 11 Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Toward a Realistic Partnership; 12 Mining Industry Responses to Environmental and Social Issues; 13 Evolution of Environmental Practice during Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project in French Guiana; 14 Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction AgreementsPart V: Infrastructure for Sustainable Development; 15 Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts; 16 Environmental and Social Considerations in the Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network; 17 Roads and Tropical Forests: From White Lines to White Elephants; 18 Cóndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects; Part VI: Conclusion; Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate ResponsibilityIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Development in the tropics is important economically for developing and industrialised nations. This text looks at approaches that attempt to minimise the impact of development.