The push and pull of land use policy: reconstructing 150 years of development and conservation land acquisition.

The growth of human populations and their resource needs have stressed the conservation of natural land resources. Many policies and programs have been implemented to address the pressures on land resources and notwithstanding this pressure, significant acquisition of land for conservation has occur...

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Main Authors: Maria João Santos, Terry Watt, Stephanie Pincetl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4116213?pdf=render