{"id":19,"date":"2025-11-25T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:08:25","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/mining.avif&apos;);background-position:63% 92%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1f0ae549ff6f9a9478409a41446383bd is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extractive industries, livelihoods and natural resource competition: Mapping overlapping claims in Peru and Ghana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro is-style-default has-medium-font-size\">Peru and Ghana share the challenge of having to manage relationships between two sectors (resource extraction and agriculture) that are each important for economic growth and poverty reduction. Using national-scale visualization, cartographic representation and spatial analyses, this research explores the relationship between territories of extraction and livelihood territories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:-20px\">Territories of extraction consist of mineral concessions, hydrocarbon concessions, and mine drainage areas. Livelihood territories consist of river basins, agricultural land cover and protected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr1.avif 578w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr1-300x224.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maps of overlap between extractive concessions and river basins in (A) Per\u00fa and (B) Ghana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr4.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr4.avif 622w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr4-300x224.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maps of overlap between extractive concessions and protected land use types in (A) Per\u00fa and (B) Ghana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr3.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr3.avif 578w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr3-300x223.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maps of overlap between extractive concessions and agricultural land use in (A) Per\u00fa and (B) Ghana.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr5.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr5.avif 622w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/extractives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/1-s2.0-S0143622814000988-gr5-300x218.avif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mine Drainage Areas for portions of (A) Peru and (B) Ghana, shown with protected areas and agricultural land use.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element section has-white-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" 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