Environmental Issues in the Tarkine Region of Tasmania, Australia
Deforestation and the Role of Indigenous Peoples in Sustainable Forest Management (Excerpt from graduate school position paper. June 4, 2004) Proposed Solutions: Strong Foundation for Improvement As seen previously, Australia developed extensive and detailed policy statements and legislation to deal with the issue of deforestation in the country, including a Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) that specifically focuses on the Tarkine Region in Tasmania. This legislation, partially an outgrowth of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, focuses on developing sustainable forest practices that...
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