Minimum Conflict: Guidelines for Planning the Use of American Humid Tropic Environments












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GOVERNMENT OF PERU
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Department of Regional Development
Washington, D.C. 1987

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© 1987 by Organization of American States
Washington, D.C.

This report was produced under the project "Case Study of Environmental Management: Integrated Development of an area in the Humid Tropics - The Selva Central of Peru" with support from the United Nations Environment Programme. UNEP does not necessarily share all the views expressed, but welcomes publication as a means to encourage a wider discussion of the environmental management.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Methods of the study
Bibliography

Chapter 2 - Concepts of environmental management

Human quality of life
Human environment
Natural resources and the concept of goods, services and hazards
Environmental management
Environmentally sound development
Bibliography

Chapter 3 - Legal, governmental, and institutional authority in the Central Selva of Peru

Principal natural resource legislation
Institutional authority
Enforcement problems

Chapter 4 - Major ecosystems of the American humid tropics with emphasis on the Central Selva of Peru

Classification of the American humid tropics
Classification of the Central Selva within the American humid tropics
Protection of major ecosystems in the humid tropics
Conflicts between protected areas and other types of natural resource use
Bibliography

Chapter 5 - Water resources

Water resources in the Central Selva of Peru
Present water use and existing development plans
Measures required for water exploitation
Identification of conflicts with other interests
Bibliography

Chapter 6 - Wildlife

Wildlife exploitation: Goods
Wildlife exploitation: Services
Wildlife exploitation: Management
Conflicts and compatibility between wildlife conservation and use and other activities
Areas of compatibility between the wildlife sector and other sectors
Bibliography

Chapter 7 - Health factors affecting settlement of the American humid tropics

Parasitic diseases
Viral diseases
Diseases produced by Bacteria, Rickettsia, and Spirochaetes
Mycotic diseases
Fauna harmful to man
Medicinal plants
Bibliography

Chapter 8 - Human occupation of the Central Selva of Peru

Geography of human settlements
History of the Central Selva
The Central Selva since 1940
Problems confronting settlements in the humid tropics
Bibliography

Chapter 9 - Agriculture

Natural goods and services
Agriculture today
Agricultural development limitations in the Central Selva
Sectoral problems and conflicts
Bibliography

Chapter 10 - Ranching

Factors detrimental to the livestock industry
Ranching's interaction with other sectors
Bibliography

Chapter 11 - Forestry

Use of wood and other forest products
Present and future forest use
The timber industry
Lumber marketing
Forest management alternatives
Forest development and colonization experiences in the Central Selva
Bibliography

Chapter 12 - Fisheries

The aquatic ecosystem
The Peruvian Amazon fishery
Significant relationships between fishing and other development activities
Bibliography

Chapter 13 - Minerals and petroleum

Mining in the Central Selva
Petroleum activity in the Central Selva
Factors limiting mining and drilling in the Central Selva
Interactions between the mining and petroleum industries and others
Guidelines for mining and petroleum planning in the Central Selva
Bibliography

Chapter 14 - Transportation in the humid tropics

Introduction
Evolution of transportation in the Selva
Transportation in the Central Selva today
Road construction and improvement
Bibliography

Chapter 15 - Renewable and non-conventional energy sources

Small hydroelectric plants
Biomass energy
Solar energy
Wind energy
Conflicts and interactions between alternative energy use and other sectors
Bibliography

Chapter 16 - Guidelines, recommendations and observations

Introduction
Ecosystem structure and function
Conflict identification
Colonization: Pressures and problems
Directed occupation and authorized uses of the humid tropics
Land use capability
Agriculture
Forestry
Livestock management
Prior inhabitants and uses
Spontaneous migration
Monitoring
International development assistance agencies
Observations on political will
Bibliography

Appendix regional modelling

Bibliography

Glossary

Abbreviations