Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes: Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.09.011

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Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes: Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo

dc.contributor.author	Hund, Kirsten
dc.contributor.author	Schure, Jolien
dc.contributor.author	van der Goes, Arend
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-07T22:53:32Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-07T22:53:32Z
dc.date.issued	2017-12
dc.description.abstract	Mining and on-shore oil and gas extraction are a major driver of deforestation in tropical forests and account for an estimated 7% of total forest loss in Africa, Latin America and Asia (Hosonuma et al., 2012). At local levels, extractive industries can be a major cause of forest loss, as observed in parts of Papua New Guinea, India's Madhya Pradesh and Guyana (Areendran et al., 2013; Laurance et al., 2012; Lowe, 2014). With high global demand, economically valuable mineral resources in remote –often forested- areas, such as the Congo Basin, are more likely to become developed. New infrastructure corridors, associated with mineral exploitation and related hydropower needs, facilitate access to previously inaccessible tropical forest areas and accelerate development and forest clearing in developing regions (Edwards et al., 2014; Weng et al., 2013). Deforestation and degradation of tropical forests contribute an estimated 14–21% of global emissions (ISU, 2015). Mitigation of impacts on forests and reduction of related emissions is the main aim of policies on Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation and improving carbon stocks (REDD+). Even though most mineral rich countries that are presently developing their REDD+ strategies have identified the extractive sector as a driver of deforestation, it is often not considered in related policies and actions. This paper explores options for extractives industries to contribute to REDD+ objectives, using insights gained from developing REDD+ Standards for extractives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As mining is more prevalent in forest areas than oil and gas extraction, this paper focuses mainly on mining with the understanding that the underlying principles apply to the entire on-shore extractives industries.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Resources Policy
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/29436
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4207
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/29436
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	OIL AND GAS
dc.subject	TROPICAL FOREST
dc.subject	DEGRADATION
dc.subject	CARBON POLICY
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	MINING
dc.subject	RISK MITIGATION
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.title	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes	en
dc.title.subtitle	Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420717301526 Journal website (version of record)	en
okr.crossref.title	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes: Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
okr.date.disclosure	2018-03-07
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.guid	691121524051416153
okr.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.09.011
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/29436
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/29436
okr.identifier.report	125343
okr.journal.nbpages	97-108
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Congo, Democratic Republic of
okr.topic	Energy::Energy and Mining
okr.topic	Energy::Oil & Gas
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change Impacts
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Protection
okr.topic	Environment::Forests and Forestry
okr.volume	54