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

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 i...

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Main Authors:	Hund, Kirsten, Schure, Jolien, van der Goes, Arend
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	DEFORESTATION OIL AND GAS TROPICAL FOREST DEGRADATION CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS MINING RISK MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29436

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spelling	okr-10986-294362021-05-25T10:54:34Z Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo Hund, Kirsten Schure, Jolien van der Goes, Arend DEFORESTATION OIL AND GAS TROPICAL FOREST DEGRADATION CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS MINING RISK MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 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. 2018-03-07T22:53:32Z 2018-03-07T22:53:32Z 2017-12 Journal Article Resources Policy 0301-4207 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29436 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Congo, Democratic Republic of
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topic	DEFORESTATION OIL AND GAS TROPICAL FOREST DEGRADATION CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS MINING RISK MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
spellingShingle	DEFORESTATION OIL AND GAS TROPICAL FOREST DEGRADATION CARBON POLICY CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS MINING RISK MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Hund, Kirsten Schure, Jolien van der Goes, Arend Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	Hund, Kirsten Schure, Jolien van der Goes, Arend
author_facet	Hund, Kirsten Schure, Jolien van der Goes, Arend
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title	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
title_short	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
title_fullStr	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
title_full_unstemmed	Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo
title_sort	extractive industries in forest landscapes : options for synergy with redd+ and development of standards in the democratic republic of congo
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29436
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Extractive Industries in Forest Landscapes : Options for Synergy with REDD+ and Development of Standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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