The commencement of the carbon pricing mechanism (CPM) on 1 July 2012 marks a significant milestone in Australia’s legal and policy response to climate change. Negotiated as part of a suite of measures forming the Clean Energy Package, the CPM represents an important achievement for Australia,...

"The international legal framework for valuing the carbon stored in forests, known as 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation' (REDD+), will have a major impact on indigenous peoples and forest communities. The REDD+ regime contains many assumptions about the identity,...

This edited collection addresses property and land title as central mechanisms governing access to communally-held land and resources. The collection assesses the effectiveness of property law and tenure models developed around concepts of individual ownership, for achieving long-term...

'Indigenous and Local Peoples and Resource Development: International Comparisons of Law, Policy and Practice' is a special issue of the 'Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law' co-edited by Lee Godden, Marcia Langton, Odette Mazel and Maureen Tehan. It incorporates six articles by indigenous...

Within Australia almost since colonisation, there have been debates about whether water supply would pose a ‘limit’ to expansion of settlement. The seminal work by economist Bruce Davidson, ‘Australia Wet or Dry?’ in the mid-twentieth century critically examined the public money invested...