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Title: Property rights regimes to optimize natural resource use - future CBM development and sustainability

Journal Article · · Natural Resources Journal
OSTI ID:21036923
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  1. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (Canada). Dept. of Economics

Property rights regimes that promote sustainable development in the context of coalbed methane (CBM) exploration and production recognize and optimize the value of multiple natural resources including minerals, water, flora, and fauna. Institutional mechanisms that account for and mitigate both the short- and long-term external impacts from CBM development promote sustainability. The long-term potential for a vibrant recreational and tourist economy on a particular landscape may be compromised by overly shortsighted mineral resource extraction.

OSTI ID:
21036923
Journal Information:
Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 47, Issue 2; ISSN 0028-0739
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English