Emerging Geographies of Conservation and Indigenous Land in Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 485-504

  Moorcroft, Heather ^a   Adams, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; geographies; Indigenous people; neo colonial; NGOs; paradigm; settler society

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND RIGHTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84908152220     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2014.953733     Document Type: Article

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