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Footprints in the Jungle : Natural Resource Industries, Infrastructure, and Biodiversity Conservation.
Title:
Footprints in the Jungle : Natural Resource Industries, Infrastructure, and Biodiversity Conservation.
Author:
Bowles, Ian A.
ISBN:
9780198029069
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 pages)
Contents:
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 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 Cóndor: Better Decisionmaking on Infrastructure Projects -- Part VI: Conclusion -- Conclusion. Leave More Than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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