Cross-cultural conflicts in fire management in Northern Australia: Not so black and white

Ecology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Andersen, Alan ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal burning; Adaptive management; Australia; Cross cultural conflict; Fire ecology; Land management; Management culture; Performance indicators; Science culture; Strategic goals; Traditional fire ecology and management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003095902     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00093-030106     Document Type: Review

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