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UNINA9910812938303321 |
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Titolo |
Footprints in the jungle : natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation / / edited by Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett ; assistant editor, Amy E. Skoczlas |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-4294-0220-2 |
1-280-53028-6 |
1-60256-330-6 |
0-19-802906-3 |
9786610530281 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BowlesIan A |
PrickettGlenn T |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forest management - Tropics |
Forest products industry - Environmental aspects - Tropics |
Economic development - Environmental aspects - Tropics |
Forest biodiversity conservation - Tropics |
Rain forest conservation |
Rain forest ecology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Tropics 5 An Industry Perspective on Environmental and Social Issues in Oil and Gas |
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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 Development 10 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 Agreements Part 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 CoĢndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects; Part VI: Conclusion; Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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