Land and marine tenure, ownership, and new forms of entitlement on Lihir: Changing notions of property in the context of a goldmining project

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Macintyre, Martha ^a   Foale, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Common property; Customary marine tenure; Development; Land rights; Melanesia; Mining

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINE; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; LAND USE CONFLICT; LAND USE PLANNING; MINING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; LIHIR ISLAND; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 35448949259     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.1.g81616400585qk75     Document Type: Article

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