Madeline Taylor, "Agricultural Land Use and Natural Gas Extraction Conflicts: A Global Socio-Legal Perspective "
English | ISBN: 1138572233 | 2018 | 276 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 1138572233 | 2018 | 276 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Onshore unconventional gas operations, in most jurisdictions, operate on the legal principle that all activities during exploration and extraction are ‘temporary’ in nature. The concept that the onshore unconventional gas industry has a temporary effect on the land on which it operates creates a regulatory paradox. On one hand, unconventional gas activities create energy security, national wealth and a bourgeoning export industry. On the other, agricultural land and agriculturalists may be significantly disadvantaged by unconventional gas activities potentially producing permanent damage to non-renewable fertile soils and spoiling the underground water tables. Thus, threatening future food security and food sovereignty.
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