Vernacular knowledge and environmental law: cause and cure for regulatory failure

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 891-914

  Bartel, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

agriculture; environmental law; land clearance; regulatory failure; vernacular knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUREAUCRACY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84905096968     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.798636     Document Type: Article

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