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This article draws mostly (but not entirely) on new institutional economics to consider the likely behaviours of non-government conservation organizations and the implications of these behaviours for biodiversity conservation. It considers how institutional factors may result in behaviour of...
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This report establishes that ACIAR Research Project AS2/1994/023, ‘Breeding and feeding pigs in Australia and Vietnam … University of Queensland in Australia, and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences of South Vietnam in Vietnam. The best estimate … to Australia from this project. They are, however, believed to be significant and are listed and discussed. It is …
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the use of a microeconomic model. Tourism Research Australia has estimated the economic benefits to Australia of nature … tourism based on levels of first round expenditure generated by nature tourists in Australia. This is a form of economic …
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Five species of reptiles present in tropical Australia are considered in this study. These are the hawksbill turtle … management in Australia, an experimental survey method is introduced and results from its application are reported and analysed …. The survey method involves two serial surveys of a sample of 204 Brisbane (Australia) residents. The first survey is based …
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This paper discusses regulation of rural land-use and compensation, both of which appear to have become more common but also more disputed. The implications of contemporary theories in relation to this matter are examined. Coverage includes the applicability of new welfare economics, the...
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global relevance of China’s and Australia’s cotton industries and compares the structure and other significant features of … globally, in Australia, and in China as indicators of the sustainability of cotton supplies. Some simple economic theory is … of cotton supplies in Australia and China are given particular attention. Some new economic theory is proposed to model …
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After providing information about the global importance of cotton as a textile and China’s and Australia’s contribution … Australia for the period 1980-2007. In doing so, it takes account of changes in the area planted with cotton and its yield … are found to be quite different for Australia and China. In addition, there is a comparative analysis of fluctuations in …
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Diversity envisages the possibility that such use may contribute to the conservation of species. In Australia, as illustrated in … the case of the saltwater crocodile, the governments of the Northern Territory and Western Australia have favoured the … the conservation status of saltwater crocodiles in Australia and the saltwater crocodile management plan of the Northern …
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conserve Australia’s tropical species, and whether or not indigenous Australians should be allowed to take common as well as …
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Since the closing years of the 1980s, Australia has adopted structural adjustment policies designed to foster economic … liberalism based on the market system. Today, there is little economic protection for Australian agriculture and Australia is a … agriculture because of low and erratic levels of rainfall and poor soils. Scarcity of water in Australia is growing and its use …
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