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







Environmental Issues in Mineral Extraction Agreements
doi:10.1093/0195125789.003.0015

David N. Smith
Cyril F. Kormos
Abstract: This chapter discusses the environmental dimensions in mining and petroleum laws and contracts, obstacles to environmental and local community protection in resource legislation and contracts as related to conservation, and concession contracts. This chapter concludes with recommendation for governments, NGOs, companies, and international organizations.

Keywords: conservation, energy, environmental legislation, mineral extraction, 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