This paper addresses the effects of economic transition policies on forestry in China. The effects of de-collectivization and market liberalization on the forest land area and timber harvest are studied using panel data from four provinces covering the period 1978]1995. Fixed effects ordinary least squares models for forest land cover and annual harvests per hectare are estimated, allowing for ...

Over recent years there has been a great deal of discussion concerning the appropriate role of the state in the regulation of private lives. Nowhere is this discussion more obvious than in the area of homosexual law reform. At times, in both Queensland and Tasmania, an acrimonious public debate has occurred as a result of attempts to reform the laws relating to homosexual behaviour. Queensland ...

Land reforms may be categorised broadly as either redistributive reforms, which change the patterns of land distribution and occupation, or land tenure reforms, which change tenurial relations between land owners and users without necessarily altering land distribution. ii In sub-Saharan Africa the principal approaches have been tenure reform through the introduction of individual leasehold or ...

Future directions for spatial information management in Australia, from a land administration perspective, are discussed. Sustainable development, micro-economic reform, globalisation and technology are highlighted as the drivers for change. The changing spatial information environment with emphasis on land administration and cadastral issues is examined by drawing on research being undertaken ...