Mineral industries, growth corridors and agricultural development in Africa

Weng, Lingfei; Boedhihartono, Agni Klintuni; Dirks, Paul H.G.M.; Dixon, John; Lubis, Muhammad Irfansyah; Sayer, Jeffrey

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2013.07.003

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“…This is explored by Weng et al [11] in their discussion of the potential risks and opportunities faced by underdeveloped regions undergoing rapid expansion through mining. For example, the development of mine-related growth corridors in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to benefit mining companies while also creating agricultural development through increased access to markets and providing local jobs in the construction phase.…”

Section: Social-ecological Analysis In the Context Of Mine Planningmentioning

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“…For example, the development of mine-related growth corridors in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to benefit mining companies while also creating agricultural development through increased access to markets and providing local jobs in the construction phase. However, there is a strong need for governance, policy, and spatial planning to progress in accordance with mine-related development in order to ensure that social, economic, and environmental outcomes are met [11].…”

Section: Social-ecological Analysis In the Context Of Mine Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The scale of the planning for such projects can have a transformative impact on development beyond just the mining itself, as demonstrated by notable development projects, particularly in Africa [11]. An important consideration for developing a mine or multiple mines in a region is to optimally plan for linear mining infrastructure including roads, rails, and power lines linking mines to electricity generators, processing (e.g., smelters), and transport facilities (e.g., ports).…”

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A Socio-Ecological Approach to GIS Least-Cost Modelling for Regional Mining Infrastructure Planning: A Case Study from South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Abstract:Regional planning approaches to mining infrastructure aim to reduce the conflict associated with mining operations and existing land uses, such as urban areas and biodiversity conservation, as well as the cumulative impacts that occur offsite. In this paper, we describe a method for conducting Geographical Information System (GIS) least-cost path and least-cost corridor analysis for linear mining infrastructure, such as roads. Least-cost path analysis identifies the optimal pathways between two locations as a function of the cost of traveling through different land use/cover types. In a case study from South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia, we identify potential linear networks for road infrastructure connecting mines, smelters, and ports. The method used interview data from government officials to characterise their orientation (perceived importance and positive/negative attitude) toward the social and environmental factors associated with mining infrastructure. A cost-surface was constructed by integrating spatial layers representing the social and environmental factors to identify areas that should be avoided and areas that were compatible with linear infrastructure using the least-cost path analysis. We compared infrastructure scenario outputs from local and national government officials by the degree of spatial overlap and found broad spatial agreement for infrastructure corridors. We conclude by discussing this approach in relation to the wider social-ecological and mine planning literature and how quantitative approaches can reduce the conflict associated with infrastructure planning.

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Section: Social-ecological Analysis In the Context Of Mine Planningmentioning

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Section: Social-ecological Analysis In the Context Of Mine Planningmentioning

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“…There is increasing concern about the potential negative environmental and social consequences of the Growth Corridor approach (Kaarhus, 2011;Kuhlmann, Sechler, & Guinan, 2011;Laurance & Balmford, 2013;Paul & Steinbrecher, 2013;Phalan, Onial, Balmford, & Green, 2011;Weng et al, 2013). At the same time, many African countries have made commitments to green growth or greener economies (e.g.…”

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Regional suitability for agricultural intensification: a spatial analysis of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania

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Andelman

2015

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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“…Activities in the extractive industries such as mining, oil and gas is occurring at an increasing pace. This boom is driving unprecedented expansion of infrastructure into sparsely populated regions that will require heavy infrastructure and large settled workforces (Weng et al 2013). All these developments will have a direct or indirect impact on WWF priority areas and other ecologically important regions.…”

Section: Africa Land Use Planning and Early Warning System -Alesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Despite ever increasing availability of satellite imagery and spatial data, conservation managers, decision makers and planners are often unable to analyze data without special knowledge or software. WWF is bridging this gap by putting extensive spatial data into an easy to use online mapping environment, to allow visualization, manipulation and analysis of large data sets by any user. Consistent, reliable and repeatable ecosystem monitoring information for priority eco-regions is needed to increase transparency in WWF's global conservation work, to measure conservation impact, and to provide communications with the general public and organization members. Currently, much of this monitoring and evaluation data is isolated, incompatible, or inaccessible and not readily usable or available for those without specialized software or knowledge. Launched in 2013 by WWF Netherlands and WWF Germany, the Global Observation and Biodiversity Information Portal (GLOBIL) is WWF's new platform to unite, centralize, standardize and visualize geo-spatial data and information from more than 150 active GIS users worldwide via cloud-based ArcGIS Online. GLOBIL is increasing transparency, providing baseline data for monitoring and evaluation while communicating impacts and conservation successes to the public. GLOBIL is currently being used in the worldwide marine campaign as an advocacy tool for establishing more marine protected areas, and a monitoring interface to track the progress towards ocean protection goals. In the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation area, local partners are using the platform to monitor land cover changes, barriers to species migrations, potential human-wildlife conflict and local conservation impacts in vast wildlife corridor. In East Africa, an early warning system is providing conservation practitioners with real-time alerts of threats particularly to protected areas and World Heritage Sites by industrial extractive activities. And for globally consistent baseline ecosystem monitoring, MODIS-derived data are being combined with local information to provide visible advocacy for conservation. As GLOBIL is built up through the WWF network, the worldwide organization is able to provide open access to its data on biodiversity and remote sensing, spatial analysis and projects to support goal setting, monitoring and evaluation, and fundraising activities.

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Mineral industries, growth corridors and agricultural development in Africa

Cited by 120 publications

References 14 publications

A Socio-Ecological Approach to GIS Least-Cost Modelling for Regional Mining Infrastructure Planning: A Case Study from South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia

A Socio-Ecological Approach to GIS Least-Cost Modelling for Regional Mining Infrastructure Planning: A Case Study from South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia

Regional suitability for agricultural intensification: a spatial analysis of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania

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