TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bowles,Ian A.
AU  - Prickett,Glenn T.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Footprints in the jungle: natural resource industries, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation 
SN  - 9780195125788
U1  - 333.95160913 BOW 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Forest management
KW  - Tropics
KW  - Forest products industry
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Forest biodiversity conservation
KW  - Rain forest conservation
KW  - Rain forest ecology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -