Forest-Smart Mining : Offset Case Studies
Despite its relatively modest footprint, mining is an important driver of deforestation and degradation in tropical forests, often as a result of indirect impacts from associated infrastructure, unplanned development, and in-migration. The World Ba...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/775721560329518480/Forest-Smart-Mining-Offset-Case-Studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32027 |
| Summary: | Despite its relatively modest footprint,
mining is an important driver of deforestation and
degradation in tropical forests, often as a result of
indirect impacts from associated infrastructure, unplanned
development, and in-migration. The World Bank program on
extractive industries in forest landscapes aims to ensure
that this sector does not erode forest capital, but rather
enables client countries and the World Bank Group to make
better-informed decisions about minimizing trade-offs and
maximizing benefits from forest-smart mining. This document
presents five detailed case studies: (1) ArcelorMittal’s
iron ore project in Liberia, (2) Newmont’s Akyem project in
Ghana, (3) Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée and Guinea
Alumina Corporation’s bauxite projects in Guinea, (4)
wildlife works’ carbon offset project in Kenya, and (5)
Aston Coal’s Maules Creek coal mine in Australia. Together,
they highlight the spectrum of challenges faced by those
aiming to implement enduring offsets. The selection of
studies was based on their different types of forest
landscapes, inclusion of World Bank Group projects, variety
of minerals, and availability of data, which constrained the
geographical spread of case studies. Section one gives
introduction. Section two presents the key lessons learned.
The detailed case studies are presented in sections three to
seven. Section eight summarizes some practical challenges
that may undermine the successful implementation of offsets.
Finally, section nine offers some concluding observations. |
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