Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28665
Title: Balancing the see-saw of natural resource governance: the interaction of legislation, policy and practice in four Australian participatory processes
Contributor(s): Howard, Tanya M  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2017.1420500
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28665
Abstract: Increasing the role of community in the management of natural resources is a stated priority of ecologically sustainable development principles. Despite a proliferation of policy and legal requirements for public participation and non-legal guidelines that promote community access to environmental decisionmaking at both the international and national scale, implementation is often unsatisfactory and difficult to evaluate. For environmental managers, understanding both the potential and limitations of legal rules and policy requirements is important when evaluating the impact of reform efforts. Examining case studies of wind farm governance and natural resource planning in New South Wales, this article considers how legislative commitments to community engagement are experienced in practice. The intention is to move beyond a repetitive focus on how to run a good participatory process to a better understanding of how legislative and policy requirements can more effectively involve communities in natural resource governance. Results are presented within an analytical framework that distinguishes between legislation, policy, practice, evidence and reform elements of natural resource governance. The outcome is a better understanding of how legal requirements, audit and review mechanisms, best practice standards and guidelines can improve the quality and authenticity of community engagement in natural resource governance.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Grant Details: ARC/LP110100659
Source of Publication: Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 25(2), p. 174-192
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2159-5356
1448-6563
1322-1698
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 180111 Environmental and Natural Resources Law
120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning
070199 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 480203 Environmental law
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960705 Rural Land Policy
940405 Law Reform
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190207 Land policy
230405 Law reform
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Environmental and Rural Science
School of Law
UNE Business School

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