Brazil's Extractive Reserves: Fundamental Aspects of Their Implementation - Portuguese Edition
Author
Environmental Law Institute
Date Released
January 1995

Brazil has created an innovative conservation unit called an Extractive Reserve, which has significant potential for demonstrating the feasibility of sustainable development in tropical rainforests and other threatened ecosystems. Based on a progressive socio-economic concept that was developed by Chico Mendes and the National Council of Rubber Tappers, Brazil's Extractive Reserves are lands owned by the Federal Government which are set aside for the exclusive use of the rubber tappers or other traditional residents of the area.

Brazil's Extractive Reserves: Fundamental Aspects of Their Implementation - English Edition
Author
Environmental Law Institute
Date Released
January 1995

Brazil has created an innovative conservation unit called an Extractive Reserve, which has significant potential for demonstrating the feasibility of sustainable development in tropical rainforests and other threatened ecosystems. Based on a progressive socio-economic concept that was developed by Chico Mendes and the National Council of Rubber Tappers, Brazil`s Extractive Reserves are lands owned by the Federal Government which are set aside for the exclusive use of the rubber tappers or other traditional residents of the area.

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the International Joint Commission
Author
Environmental Law Institute Staff
Date Released
December 1995

This report examines the International Joint Commission’s existing approaches to protecting shared boundary water resources, evaluates its effectiveness in doing so, and identifies specific, practical proposals for strengthening its capacity to achieve environmental protection.

Environmental Impact Assessment and Public Participation in the Context of Central European Environmental Decisionmaking: Report of an International Roundtable Discussion
Author
Margaret Bowman, Environmental Law Institute
Date Released
January 1992

This paper is a report on the inaugural roundtable of the series, the International Roundtable on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Public Participation in Environmental Desicionmaking. This three day roundtable, held in Wroclaw, Poland in April 1992, was a collaborative effort between ELI and the Research Group on Environmental Law, a part of the Institute for State and Law at the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Consentimiento Informado Previo y Minerõa: Promoviendo el Desarrollo Sustentable de las Comunidades Locales
Author
Susan Bass, Environmental Law Institute
Date Released
December 2004
Consentimiento Informado Previo y Minerõa: Promoviendo el Desarrollo Sustentable

While nations and multinational corporations profit from mining operations around the world, local communities face the resulting negative impacts. Mining communities have begun to exercise their right to prior informed consent to mining operations, despite skepticism in the international community and business world. However, in December 2003, the World Bank's Extractive Industries Review endorsed prior informed consent for its projects and private projects.

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