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Land Tenure, Ownership and Use as Barriers to Coastal Wetland Restoration Projects in Australia: Recommendations and Solutions.
- Source :
- Environmental Management; Jul2023, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p179-189, 11p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Globally, there is an urgent need for widespread restoration of coastal wetlands like mangroves and saltmarsh. This restoration has been slow to progress in Australia for a number of reasons, including legal issues surrounding land tenure, ownership and use. This paper uses the responses to a survey of coastal zone experts to identify and articulate these legal issues, before considering and analysing in-depth recommendations, solutions and levers to facilitate restoration, and areas where further research or possible policy and/or law reform is needed. It calls for legislative reform to clarify tidal boundaries generally and under sea-level rise, greater use of incentive schemes to encourage the uptake of restoration projects, and utilisation of contracts and land-based covenants to secure projects and carbon flows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0364152X
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163942080
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01817-w