Compensation for landowners affected by mineral development: The Fijian experience

Resources Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-125

  McLeod, Helena ^a  

^a Dept for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensation policy; Customary land ownership; Customary laws; Economic theory; Fiji; Indigenous landowners; Indigenous rights; Matqali; Mineral development; Mining; Pacific

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDOWNER; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING;

FIJI;

EID: 0033772316     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4207(00)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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