Legal barriers and enablers for reintroducing tides: An Australian case study in reconverting ponded pasture for climate change mitigation

Justine Bell-James and Catherine E Lovelock

Land Use Policy, 2019, vol. 88, issue C

Abstract: Across the globe, areas of the floodplain have been converted to agricultural use – often at the expense of natural ecosystems. In Australia, coastal wetlands have been transformed to ‘ponded pasture’ for cattle grazing which has resulted in a loss of saline wetlands, increased methane emissions, and impacts on species like fish and birds. Reconversion of these areas to saline wetlands is a potential climate change mitigation strategy, but given they occur at the intersection of private and public ownership regimes, some specific legal issues must be considered.

Keywords: Blue carbon; Law; Saltmarsh; Agriculture; Ponded pasture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104192

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