Contesting death: Conservation, heritage and pig killing in far North Queensland, Australia

Environmental Values

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-104

  Meurk, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endogenous and exogenous identities; Environmental conflict; Heritage; Human animal relationships; Hunting; Life and death; Technologies; Vital politics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; HUNTING; PIG;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84920897088     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327115X14183182353827     Document Type: Article

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