Impacts of Extractive Industry and Infrastructure on Forests
The following reports explore 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. The reports outline trends that help explain extractive industry and infrastructure expansion into forests across Amazonia, Indonesia, and Mexico and Central America, and approaches for addressing the direct and indirect impacts on forests and forest communities.
The reports find the impacts of extractives and infrastructure seem likely to be much more significant in future. As the authors state “To be worried about these projections is not to be anti-development, or to put “forests before people”, but to have concerns about a particular model of development and its implications for climate change, biodiversity loss, and community and human rights.”
These studies were carried out by Clark University from mid-2016 to early 2018 together with the organizations PRISMA (El Salvador), CASA (Brazil) and Samdhana Institute (Indonesia).
Funding for these reports was provided by the Climate and Land Use Alliance. The authors are solely responsible for the content.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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