LAWS6898 - Integrated Natural Resource Management
Objectives
- Examines how natural resources, including forestry, minerals, soil, water and fisheries, can be managed in an integrated manner in the context of mining, agriculture, tourism and Aboriginal land rights.
- Explore the concept and implications of Integrated Natural Resource Management - a planning and decision-making process that attempts to coordinate resource use to optimise its long-term sustainable benefits and to minimise conflicts among users of the resource.
Content
Economic, environmental, and social requirements; legal and other strategies to achieve Integrated Natural Resource Management; the roles of the Commonwealth and New South Wales; the international context.
This unit replaced Natural Resources Law – LAWS6081
Session
Semester 1 Intensive
16-17 & 19-20 April 2010
The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.
Assessment
- 1 x 4,000 Word Problem Based Assignment (50%)
- 1 x 4,000 Word Essay (50%)
Courses this unit is available in
Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Global Law | Master of Environmental Law | Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law | Master of Environmental Science and Law