Payments for Ecosystem Services, neoliberalisation, and the hybrid governance of land management in Australia

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 463-474

  Higgins, Vaughan ^a   Dibden, Jacqui ^b   Potter, Clive ^c   Moon, Katie ^d,e   Cocklin, Chris ^f  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Great Barrier Reef; Hybrid governance; Neoliberalisation of nature; Payments for Ecosystem Services; Rural natural resource management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84915737683     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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