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The Regional Forest Agreement and the Use of Publically Owned Native Forests in Tasmania: an Investigation into Key Decision Making Processes, Policies, Outcomes and Opportunities
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Majewski, UD, The Regional Forest Agreement and the Use of Publically Owned Native Forests in Tasmania: an Investigation into Key Decision Making Processes, Policies, Outcomes and Opportunities (2008) [Masters Coursework]
Abstract
The Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement is a defining policy tool that governs the use and management of the publicly owned native forests positioned at the centre of one of the most protracted and conflict ridden debates over natural resource management in Australia's history. Drawing on multi-discipliary discourses and data, and employing a qualitative approach including interviews with prominant participants in the RFA process and implementation, this thesis examines key aspects of the conflict, position Tasmania's forestry system within a national and global environmental policy context, and undertakes a critical analysis of the scientific, political and governance processes and outcomes generated by the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement. It finds that the management of Tasmania's publicly owned forests is still a contested issue and that despite some success, the RFA has largely failed to provide the anticipated win-win solutions to Tasmania's forest conflict.
Item Details
Item Type: | Masters Coursework |
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Keywords: | Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement; Environmental policy; Environmental politics; Natural resource management; Forest practices; Conflict; Environmental planning |
Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
Research Group: | Environmental management |
Research Field: | Natural resource management |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Environmental policy, legislation and standards |
Objective Field: | Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Majewski, UD (Ms Ursula Majewski) |
ID Code: | 55200 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Environmental Studies |
Deposited On: | 2009-03-06 |
Last Modified: | 2022-11-07 |
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