Consultation is not consent: hydraulic fracturing and water governance on Indigenous lands in Canada

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moore, Michele Lee ^a   von der Porten, Suzanne ^b   Castleden, Heather ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85136926248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1180     Document Type: Review

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