Māori and mining: Indigenous perspectives on reconceptualising and contextualising the social licence to operate

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 304-314

  Ruckstuhl, Katharina ^a   Thompson Fawcett, Michelle ^a   Rae, Hauauru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for the Environment New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aotearoa New Zealand; M ori SLO; M ori values; Mining; social licence

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUCKLAND; GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84906940751     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2014.929782     Document Type: Article

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