Geological heritage and mining legislation: A brief conceptual assessment of the principal legal acts of selected EU countries

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 411-416

  Tiess, Günter ^a,b   Ruban, Dmitry A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b International Agency for Minerals Policy MinPol   (Austria)

^c Southern Federal University ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

European Union; Geoconservation; Geological heritage; Mining law; Resources policy

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; MINING; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

BULGARIA; DENMARK; HUNGARY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA;

EID: 84875226422     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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