Are miners the bunnies or the bilbies of the rangelands?

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-182

  Read, J L ^a  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental benefits; Environmental impacts; Mining; Olympic Dam; Pastoralism; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OLYMPIC DAM; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

MACROTIS;

EID: 1442338593     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ03014     Document Type: Article

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