Indigenous geographies I: Mere resource conflicts? The complexities in Indigenous land and environmental claims

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 810-821

  Coombes, Brad ^a   Johnson, Jay T ^b   Howitt, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

co management; collaborative governance; indigeneity; Indigenous rights; political ecology; property; territory

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEGAL RIGHTS; MOBILITY; NEOLIBERALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TERRITORY;

EID: 84869150996     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132511431410     Document Type: Review

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