Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

Executive Summary Global Synthesis -
Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

This executive summary provides an overview of key findings from five reports exploring the significance of extractive industry and infrastructure as drivers of deforestation and rights violations in forest communities globally and in three regions: Mexico and Central America, the Brazilian and Western Amazon, and Indonesia.

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Global Synthesis -
Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

This global study aims to answer one overarching question: how significant are extractive industry and infrastructure as drivers of deforestation and rights violations in communities living in and near forests?

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Relatorio Global e Sintese -
Avaliacao e Escopo da Industria Extrativa e da Infraestrutura em Relacao ao Desmatamento

Portuguese translation of a global study that aims to answer one overarching question: how significant are extractive industry and infrastructure as drivers of deforestation and rights violations in communities living in and near forests?

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Informe Global y Sintesis -
Evaluacion y Alcance de la Industria Extractiva y la Infraestructura en Relacion con la Deforestacion

Spanish translation of a global study that aims to answer one overarching question: how significant are extractive industry and infrastructure as drivers of deforestation and rights violations in communities living in and near forests?

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Amazonia -
Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

Across the Amazon, investments in infrastructure and extractive industries interact and reinforce each other to produce large-scale landscape and social impacts. This report provides an urgently required strategic assessment of these impacts.

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Amazonia -
Avaliacao e Escopo da Industria Extrativa e da Infraestrutura em Relacao ao Desmatamento

Portuguese translation of a report finding that across the Amazon, investments in infrastructure and extractive industries interact and reinforce each other to produce large-scale landscape and social impacts. This report provides an urgently required strategic assessment of these impacts.

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Central America -
Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

While agriculture and livestock expansion is by far the largest direct driver of forest loss in Central America, this report explores the effects of extractive industry and infrastructure - which are important considerations in understanding threats to forest maintenance, emissions avoided, and community rights.

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America Central -
Evaluacion y Alcance de la Industria Extractiva y la Infraestructura en Relacion con la Deforestacion

Spanish translation of a report exploring that while agriculture and livestock expansion is by far the largest direct driver of forest loss in Central America, the effects of extractive industry and infrastructure are important considerations in understanding threats to forest maintenance, emissions avoided, and community rights.

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Indonesia -
Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

While the fiber, logging, and palm oil industries have been the principal proximate drivers of Indonesian land cover change, investments in resource extraction and infrastructure have also led to forest loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and rights infringement in forest communities. This report explores the current and potential future impacts of extractive industry and infrastructure on forests.

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Indonesia -
Laporan Penilaian dan Pelingkupan Infrastruktur dan Industri Ekstraktif Berkaitan dengan Penggundulan Hutan

Indonesian translation of report finding that while the fiber, logging, and palm oil industries have been the principal proximate drivers of Indonesian land cover change, investments in resource extraction and infrastructure have also led to forest loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and rights infringement in forest communities. This report explores the current and potential future impacts of extractive industry and infrastructure on forests.

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Mexico -
Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests

Mexico's forests are unique in that two thirds are collectively managed by communities; however, recent expansion of mining, oil, and gas concessions and plans for large-scale infrastructure development in forest areas pose significant challenges to protecting standing forests and preserving the hard-won rights of communities. This report assesses the impacts of expansion of extractive industry and infrastructure in Mexico.

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Mexico -
Evaluacion y Alcance de la Industria Extractiva y la Infraestructura en Relacion con la Deforestacion

Spanish translation of report finding that Mexico's forests are unique in that two thirds are collectively managed by communities; however, recent expansion of mining, oil, and gas concessions and plans for large-scale infrastructure development in forest areas pose significant challenges to protecting standing forests and preserving the hard-won rights of communities. This report assesses the impacts of expansion of extractive industry and infrastructure in Mexico.

See Report (in Spanish) »