Extractive Industries and Ape Conservation

Rigorously and objectively examines the evolving context within which great ape and gibbon habitats are increasingly interfacing with extractive industries.

List of contents

Foreword; The Arcus Foundation; Notes to readers; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: 1. From global to local: the megatrends at the interface of apes and industry and the case of trade, law, and finance; 2. Land tenure: industry, ape conservation, and communities; 3. Ecological impacts of extractive industries on ape populations; 4. Avoiding the chainsaws: industrial timber extraction and apes; 5. Mining/oil extraction and ape populations and habitats; 6. Artisanal and small-scale mining and apes; 7. The bigger picture: indirect impacts of extractive industries on apes and ape habitat; 8. Case studies of national responses to the impacts of extractive industries on great apes; Part II: 9. The status of apes across Africa and Asia; 10. Status of captive apes across Africa and Asia: the impact of extractive industry; Annexes; Acronyms and abbreviations; Glossary; References; Index.

About the author

The Arcus Foundation is a private grant-making foundation that advances social justice and conservation goals. The Arcus Foundation works globally and has offices in New York City, USA, and Cambridge, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Arcus Foundation, Arcus Foundation
• Assisted by: Annette Lanjouw (Editor), Helga Rainer (Editor), Alison White (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2014
• EAN: 9781107067493
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06749-3
• No. of pages: 377
• Series: State of the Apes; State of the Apes
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)