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‘This book presents an excellent account of the socio-regulatory environment in seven shale gas holding countries, highlighting the intractable tension between securing energy supply and a sustainable habitat. More importantly even, Madeline Taylor and Tina Hunter have written an absolutely timely book on a crucial aspect of the unconventional gas conundrum: how agri- cultural landowners can be empowered vis-à-vis the gas industry, and how the regulatory governance makes a difference. This book will be an invaluable resource for both scholars and practitioners alike.’ — Andreas Goldthau, Royal Holloway University of London, UK This page intentionally left blank Agricultural Land Use and Natural Gas fl Extraction Con icts Onshore unconventional gas operations, in most jurisdictions, operate on the legal principle that all activities during exploration and extraction are ‘tempor- ary’ 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 activ- ities potentially producing permanent damage to non-renewable fertile soils and spoiling the underground water tables. Thus, threatening future food security and food sovereignty. This book explores the socio-regulatory dimensions of coexistence between agriculturalandonshoreunconventionalgaslandusesinthejurisdictionswiththe highest concentration of proven unconventional gas reserves – Australia, Canada, theUSA,theUK,France,PolandandChina.Inexploringthedifferingregulatory standpoints of unconventional gas land uses on productive farming land in the chosen jurisdictions, this book provides an original three-part categorisation of regulatory approaches addressing the coexistence of agricultural land and uncon- ventionalgasnamely:adaptivemanagement,precautionaryand,finally,statism.It offers a timely and topical approach to socio-legal natural resource governance theory based on the participation, transparency and empowerment for agri- cultural landholders, examininghowdiffering frameworkssuch asthe collective bargaining framework can create equitable and sustainable contractual arrange- ments with unconventional gas companies. Madeline Taylor is currently an Academic Fellow at The University of Sydney Law School, Australia. Tina Hunter is the Director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL), UK, and the Professor in Petroleum Law at the University of Aberdeen. Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management Global Resource Scarcity Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation? Edited by Marcelle C. 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Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedor utilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,now knownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orin anyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwriting fromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithout intenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Taylor,Madeline,author.|Hunter,Tina,author. Title:Agriculturallanduseandnaturalgasextractionconflicts:aglobal socio-legalperspective/MadelineTaylorandTinaHunter. Description:NewYork:Routledge,2018.|Series:Earthscanstudiesin naturalresourcemanagement|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2018031149(print)|LCCN2018033662(ebook)| ISBN9780203702178(eBook)|ISBN9781138572232(hardback)|ISBN 9780203702178(ebk) Subjects:LCSH:Landuse.|Naturalgas. Classification:LCCHD111(ebook)|LCCHD111.T392018(print)| DDC333.76--dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2018031149 ISBN:978-1-138-57223-2(hbk) ISBN:978-0-203-70217-8(ebk) TypesetinBembo byTaylor&FrancisBooks Contents List of illustrations ix Foreword x Preface and acknowledgements xi Acronyms and abbreviations xii 1 Introduction 1 PART I Socio-regulatory theories related to unconventional gas extraction and agricultural activities 13 2 Natural resource governance and land use conflict 15 3 The value of agricultural land: The right to food, food security and food sovereignty 27 4 Theories of adaptive management, precautionary principle and the statist approach 42 PART II Socio-regulatory approaches in a comparative context 67 5 Queensland, Australia 69 6 British Columbia, Canada 96 7 United Kingdom 116 8 New York State, USA 135 9 France 154 viii Contents 10 Poland 166 11 China 184 PART III Socio-regulatory responses and conclusions 203 12 Collectivisation and collective bargaining 205 13 Conclusion 221 References 228 Cases, legislation and treaties 251 Index 256 Illustrations Figures 5.1 Overarching unconventional gas regulatory framework of Queensland 72 5.2 Relationship of RIDA process and GC in Queensland 79 6.1 Relationship of non-farm use approvals ALR process and OGC in British Columbia 105 6.2 Overarching UG regulatory framework of British Columbia 108 7.1 Permissioning process 128 Table 10.1 Summary of law regulating shale gas licencing, permitting and environmental control 173

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