Consensus Building or Constructive Conflict? Aboriginal Discursive Strategies to Enhance Participation in Natural Resource Management in Australia and Canada

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-211

  Maclean, Kirsten ^a   Robinson, Catherine J ^a   Natcher, David C ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal governance; co management; collaborative environmental governance; natural resource management; place

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA;

EID: 85027948184     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.928396     Document Type: Article

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