Empowering Indigenous peoples biocultural diversity through World Heritage cultural landscapes: A case study from the Australian humid tropical forests

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 571-591

  Hill, Rosemary ^a   Cullen Unsworth, Leanne C ^b   Talbot, Leah D ^c   McIntyre Tamwoy, Susan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Australian Conservation Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; biocultural diversity; heritage; Indigenous; rainforest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857610466     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2011.618252     Document Type: Article

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