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Land Use and Management

Irrigation Australia Regional Conference

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Ian Moorhouse, Iva Quarisa
  • Journal Name: Irrigation Australia: The Official Journal of Irrigation Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol. 29 No. 2
  • Publisher: Irrigation Association of Australia
  • Published Location: Sydney
  • ISBN: 0818-9447
  • Country: Australia

Collection of Irrigation Australia's 2013 Regional Conference papers fron Griffith NSW on the 28-30 May. Report LocationClick here to access the full report ....

Karratha: Regional HotSpots Land Supply Update

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Urban Development Program
  • Publisher: Western Australia Planning Commission
  • Published Location: Perth, Western Australia
  • ISBN: 0 7309 9685 9
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

In November 2009, the Western Australian Government announced its Pilbara Cities vision to build on the resource boom to improve life in the Pilbara and turn Karratha and Port Hedland into diverse, 21st Century cities. This report is a component of the essential planning process to enable that vision, pinpointing what is being done, what needs to ....

Kununurra Land Development Program

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Planning Western Australia
  • Publisher: Western Australian Government
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Kununurra, Western Australia

Kununurra has experienced a period of sustained growth in recent years flowing from increased investment in the Ord River agricultural industry, mining activity and growth of the Kimberley region as a tourist destination. The proposal to develop stage 2 of the Ord River irrigation scheme is expected to generate a significant increase in local de ....

Kununurra Regional Hotspots Land Supply Update

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: State of Western Australia
  • Publisher: Western Australian Planning Commission
  • Published Location: Perth, Western Australia
  • ISBN: 0 7309 9658 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Kununurra, Western Australia

This document forms part of a series of documents prepared by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI) in conjunction with LandCorp, for the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC). These documents provide a snapshot of land supply in regional centres experiencing land and housing supply pressures as a result of growth in the re ....

Land Use and Conservation: Causal Policy Analysis and Coupled Modeling at the Social- Ecological Interface

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Butsic, Van
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: The University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Published Location: United States -- Wisconsin
  • ISBN: 9781267053916
  • Country: United States
  • State/Region: Wisconsin

Land use change is perhaps the greatest challenge facing the global environment today. Rural residential housing is the fastest growing land use in the United States and poses challenges to land owners, planners, and conservationist who wish to preserve the environment. In this dissertation I address theoretical, methodological, and pol ....

Land Use, Climate Change and Emissions Trading: European and International Legal Aspects of the Post-Kyoto Process

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Ekardt, Felix; Hennig, Bettina; von Bredow, Hartwig
  • Journal Name: Carbon & Climate Law Review : CCLR
  • Journal Number: Vol.5, No.3
  • Publisher: Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
  • Published Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Country: Europe

Land use in general accordingly addresses many aspects. Besides the provision of foodstuff on the premise of long-term global food security, land use should also serve goals like maintaining biodiversity, sustainable supply of raw materials, energy supply, recreation and health. Report Locationhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/921463 ....

Managing conflicts over land and natural resources through collective action

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Clifford Ajayi, Oluyede; Akinnifesi, Festus Kehinde; Sileshi, Gudeta; Mn'gomba, Simon; Ajayi, Olubunmi Adeola; Kanjipite, Webstar; Ngulube, John Madalitso
  • Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  • Country: Zambia

Seasonal changes and ambiguity in property rights over land and natural resources create conflicts in rural communities in eastern Zambia. This study describes how rural households have minimized such conflicts and protect the economic interests of the poor members of the community through collective agreements on how to manage access to land and ....

Managing pastoral country

  • Year: 2002
  • Author: Land, Water and Wool
  • Publisher: Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • Country: Australia

Land, Water and Wool is a new partnership between Australian Wool Innovation Ltd and Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC). This fact sheet briefly describes the Managing Pastoral Country subprogram which aims to work with the wool industry in the pastoral zone to develop, test and implement best pr ....

Managing the Environmental Effects of Agriculture under the Resource Management Act: Non-point Source Discharges

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Drummond, Lucie
  • Journal Name: New Zealand Journal of Environmental Law
  • Journal Number: 10
  • Country: New Zealand

The intensification of agriculture, in particular pastoral farming, has led the way in the demise of water quality in New Zealand. Much of this pollution is due to the non-point source discharge of nutrients into our waterways. This environmental damage has been noticed for over 50 years, yet the cause of the problem has remained u ....

Managing the NSW Marine Estate: Purpose, Underpinning Principles and Priority Setting

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Marine Estate Management Authority
  • Publisher: New South Wales Government
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

Almost six million people live within 50 kilometres of the NSW coastline. They and the rest of the NSW community plus the millions of domestic and international visitors enjoy the significant natural assets of the Marine Estate and generate billions of dollars each year for NSW and the Australian community. There are many varied commercial, ....

Mining law in New South Wales : a discussion paper

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Environmental Defender’s Office (Ltd) NSW
  • Publisher: Environmental Defender’s Office (Ltd) NSW
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

This paper has been drafted to encourage discussion about the legal framework for mining in NSW, and to promote positive environmental outcomes. It identifies key inadequacies with the current system and makes recommendations for legislative change to make the current processes more sustainable, robust, equitable and transparent. The paper focuse ....

Missing the Connection: How SRLU policy fragments landscapes and communities in NSW

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Meg Sherval, Nicole Graham
  • Journal Name: Alternative Law Journal
  • Journal Number: Vol. 38, Issue 3
  • Publisher: Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd
  • Published Location: Clayton, Vic
  • ISBN: 1037-969X
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

 In late 2010, the Environmental Defenders Office (‘EDO’) released a report on the state of planning law in NSW. It suggested that detailed analysis ‘revealed a failure of the current system to balance social and environmental considerations against the Government’s desired economic and statistical outcomes' (1). In 2012, responding ....

Modelling agricultural land use allocation in regional Australia

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Oczkowski, Eddie; Bandara, Yapa
  • Journal Name: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Journal Number: 57.3
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Published Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 1364985X
  • Country: Australia

An analysis of the drivers of agricultural land use is important for policy makers as the issues of climate change and food security become increasingly prominent in the political landscape. This paper analyses the role of prices, total land holdings and climate on land use in Australia. The analysis relates to a unique comprehensive coverage of ....

Native Title Report

  • Year: Various
  • Author: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
  • Country: Australia

Under the Native Title Act 1993, the Social Justice Commissioner is required to prepare a Native Title Report each year for federal Parliament. Through these reports the Commissioner gives a human rights perspective on native title issues and advocates for practical co-existence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups in using land. Availab ....

Native vegetation: public conservation on private land: cost of forgone rangelands development in southern and western Queensland

  • Year: 2006
  • Author: Davidson A; Beare S; Gooday P; Kokic P; Lawson K; Elliston L
  • Publisher: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Published Location: Canberra
  • ISBN: 1920925686
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

The Productivity Commission inquiry in 2004 into native vegetation and biodiversity concluded that the current regulatory approaches to native vegetation management were having a negative impact on some private landholders by imposing significant costs, preventing property development, preventing land use change to more profitable ....

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