Description |
1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Introducton, Growing footprint : resource extraction investments expand further into the humid tropics / Ian A. Bowles, Glenn T. Prickett -- Biodiversity conservation : global priorities, trends, and the outlook for the future / Russell A. Mittermeier, William R. Konstant -- Private-sector participation in infrastructure development / Everett J. Santos -- Partner or pariah : public perceptions and responses to the extractive industries / Lisa Jordan, Christopher H. Chamberlain -- Reinventing the well : approaches to minimizing the environmental and social impact of oil development in the tropics / Amy B. Rosenfield, Debra Gordon, Marianne Guerin-McManus -- Industry perspective on environmental and social issues in oil and gas development : case studies from Indonesia and Ecuador / Robert Kratsas, Jennifer A. Parnell |
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Monitoring impacts of hydrocarbon exploration in sensitive terrestrial ecosystems : perspectives from Block 78, Peru / Jorgen B. Thomsen [and others] -- Trade, transnationals, and tropical deforestation / Nigel Sizer -- Aracruz Celulose : a case history / Erling Lorentzen -- Stewardship of Mexico's community forests : expanding market and policy opportunities for conservation and rural development / Justin R. Ward, Yurij Bihun -- Options for conserving biodiversity in the context of logging in tropical forests / Richard Rice [and others] -- Biodiversity conservation, minerals extraction, and development : toward a realistic partnership / Alyson Warhurst, Kevin Franklin -- Mining industry responses to environmental and social issues / Gary Nash -- Evolution of environmental practice during exploration at the Camp Caiman gold project in French Guiana / Frederick T. Graybeal -- Conservation and concession contracts : environmental issues in mineral extraction agreements / David N. Smith, Cyril Kormos -- Rethinking infrastructure : approaches to managing development on the national and continental scale to reduce conservation impacts / Eliezer Batista da Silva, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Amy B. Rosenfeld -- Environmental and social considerations in the development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's road network / Robert J. Dobias, Kirk Talbott |
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Roads and tropical forests : from white lines to white elephants / John Reid -- Cóndor : better decisionmaking on infrastructure projects / Silvio Olivieri, Claudia Martinez -- Conclusion, Leave more than footprints : the new corporate responsibility / Glenn T. Prickett, Ian A. Bowles |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Forest management -- Tropics
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Forest products industry -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics
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Forest biodiversity conservation -- Tropics
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Rain forest conservation.
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Rain forest ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects
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Forest biodiversity conservation
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Forest management
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Forest products industry -- Environmental aspects
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Rain forest conservation
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Rain forest ecology
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Tropics
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bowles, Ian A
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Prickett, Glenn T
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LC no. |
99018433 |
ISBN |
1429402202 |
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9781429402200 |
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9780199832927 |
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0199832927 |
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9780195125788 |
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0195125789 |
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