Vale Landcare: the rise and decline of community-based natural resource management in rural Australia

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 572-587

  Tennent, Rebeka ^a   Lockie, Stewart ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

community based natural resource management; integrated catchment management; Landcare; National Landcare Program

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876319250     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.689617     Document Type: Article

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