Security and equity of conservation covenants: Contradictions of private protected area policies in Australia

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-119

  Adams, Vanessa M ^a,b,c   Moon, Katie ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Covenant; Mining; Private land conservation; Property rights; Queensland

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDHOLDING; MINING; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859382973     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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