Footprints in the Jungle

Tropical forests have seen a tremendous growth in logging, mining, and oil and gas development over the past decades. These industries and their infrastructure, including roads and power lines, have a tremendous impact on the environment and often conflict with the growing concern for conservation, particularly the conservation of tropical biodiversity. However, development in the tropics is extremely important economically, both for developing and industrialized nations, and this volume looks at new approaches that attempt to minimize the impact of development. It collects numerous case studies by project managers, advocates, and researchers from major international companies, development agencies, universities, and non-governmental organizations. It looks closely at the environmental and social impact of resource development, proposes a rigorous "best practices" approach, and examines a number of challenging technical, environmental, social, and legal issues. It will be an invaluable reference in this important and highly politicized debate.

Ian A. Bowles, Vice President, and Edited by Glenn T. Prickett, Senior Director, both at Conservation International, Washington D.C.

Ian A. Bowles and Glenn T. Prickett: Introduction
Section I: Conservation and Development in the 21st Century Tropics
1: Russell A. Mittermeier and William R. Konstant: Biodiversity Conservation: Global Priorities, Trends and the Outlook for the Future
2: Everett J. Santos: Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Development
3: Lisa Jordan and Christopher H. Chamberlain: Partner or Pariah: Public Perceptions and Responses to the Extractive Industries
4: Michael LaGraff and Peter Scupholme: Corporate Strategies for Environmental Management
Section II: Oil and Gas Exploration and Extraction meet Conservation
5: Amy B. Rosenfeld, Debra Gordon, and Marianne Guerin-McManus: Reinventing the Well: Approaches to Minimizing the Environmental and Social Impact of Oil Development in the Tropics
6: Robert Krastas and Jennifer A. Parnell: An Industry Perspective on Environment and Social Issues in Oil and Gas Development: Case Studies from Indonesia and Ecuador
7: Jorgen B. Thomsen, Carol Mitchell, Richard Piland, and Joseph R. Donnaway: Monitoring Impacts of Hydrocarbon Exploration in Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystems: Perspectives from Block 78, Peru
Section III: Forest under Pressure
8: Nigel Sizer: Trade, Transnationals, and Tropical Deforestation
9: Erling Lorentzen: Aracruz Cellulose: A Case History
10: Justin R. Ward and Yurij Bihun: Stewardship of Mexico's Community Forests: Expanding Market and Policy Opportunities for the Environment and Rural Development
11: Richard Rice, Cheri Sugal, Peter C. Frumhoff, Elizabeth Losos, and Raymond Gullison: Options for Conserving Biodiversity in the Context of Logging in Tropical Forests
Section IV: Mining and Conservation Issues
12: Alyson Warhurst and Kevin Franklin: Biodiversity Conservation, Minerals Extraction, and Development: Towards a Realistic Partnership
13: Gary Nash: Mining Industries: Responses to Environmental and Social Issues
14: Frederick T. Graybeal: Evolution of Environmental Practice During Exploration at the Camp Caiman Gold Project, French Guiana
15: David N. Smith and Cyril Kormos: Conservation and Concession Contracts: Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements
Section V. Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
16: Eliezer Batista da Silva, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, and Amy B. Rosenfeld: Rethinking Infrastructure: Approaches to Managing Development on the National and Continental Scale to Reduce Conservation Impacts
17: Robert J. Dobias and Kirk Talbott: Environmental and Social Considerations in Development of the Greater Mekong Subregion's Road Network
18 Roads and Tropical Forest: From White Lines to White Elephants: John Reid:
19: Silvio Olivieri and Claudia Martinez: Condor: Better Decision Making on Infrastructure Projects
Section VI: Conclusions
Glenn T. Prickett and Ian A. Bowles: Leaving More than Footprints: The New Corporate Responsibility