Tenants of the soil: adapting agricultural land ownership in Australia

解决占澳大利亚陆地面积60%的农地环境退化问题是一大挑战。通过与那些创新做法产生环境和生产力效益的农民接触，该项目旨在调查土地所有权、土地使用决策和地理之间的共同建设关系。该项目解决了将农地私有产权视为不可避免地与环境目标背道而驰的传统账户。一个关键的预测结果是一系列丰富的案例研究，展示了地理环境如何影响土地利用决策。这一新办法为超越公法/私权僵局的法律改革提供了亟需的证据。

Resolving the problem of environmental degradation on agricultural land, which is 60% of Australia’s land surface, is a major challenge. By engaging with farmers whose innovative practices have generated environmental and productivity benefits, this project aims to investigate the co-constructive relationship between land ownership, land use decision making and geography. The project tackles conventional accounts treating private property rights in agricultural land as unavoidably opposed to environmental goals. A key projected outcome is a set of rich case studies showing how geography shapes land use decision-making. This new approach provides much-needed evidence to inform law reform that transcends the public law/private rights impasse.