Footprints in the Jungle
Natural Resource Industries, Infrastructure, and Biodiversity Conservation
Bowles, Ian A. Vice President, Conservation International, Washington D.C.
Prickett, Glenn T. Senior Director, Conservation International, Washington D.C.
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512578-8







Toward a Realistic Partnership
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0012

Alyson Warhurst
Kevin Franklin
Abstract: This chapter discusses the effects of minerals development on biodiversity; land use and fragmentation; pollution resulting from mining operations; managing biological resources in minerals development; emerging best practices; exploration; innovation for remediation and reuse throughout the mine operation; rehabilitation and decommissioning; national legislation; corporate social responsibility within the minerals sector; and the future challenges of minerals extraction and development.

Keywords: best practices, biodiversity, corporate social responsibility, minerals, mining,

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Part I Conservation and Development in the Twenty-First-Century Tropics
Part II Oil and Gas Development Meet Conservation
Part III Forests Under Pressure
Part IV Mining and Conservation
Part V Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
Part VI Conclusion