The management of climate change through prescribed Savanna burning: Emerging contributions of indigenous people in Northern Australia

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Whitehead, Peter J ^a   Purdon, Paul ^a   Russell Smith, Jeremy ^a   Cooke, Peter M ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Indigenous people; Kyoto Protocol; Northern Australia; Savanna fire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAVANNA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58049090542     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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