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2023

Journal Article

From the Silo to the Landscape: The Role of Law in Landscape-scale Restoration of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

Bell-James, Justine (2023). From the Silo to the Landscape: The Role of Law in Landscape-scale Restoration of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Law, 35 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1093/jel/eqad027

From the Silo to the Landscape: The Role of Law in Landscape-scale Restoration of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

2023

Journal Article

Identifying priorities for reform to integrate coastal wetland ecosystem services into law and policy

Bell-James, Justine, Foster, Rose and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2023). Identifying priorities for reform to integrate coastal wetland ecosystem services into law and policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 142, 164-172. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.02.013

Identifying priorities for reform to integrate coastal wetland ecosystem services into law and policy

2023

Journal Article

Land tenure, ownership and use as barriers to coastal wetland restoration projects in Australia: recommendations and solutions

Bell-James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2023). Land tenure, ownership and use as barriers to coastal wetland restoration projects in Australia: recommendations and solutions. Environmental Management, 72 (1), 179-189. doi: 10.1007/s00267-023-01817-w

Land tenure, ownership and use as barriers to coastal wetland restoration projects in Australia: recommendations and solutions

2022

Journal Article

Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise

Bell‐James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Gillies, Chris L., Shumway, Nicole and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2022). Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (1) e593. doi: 10.1111/csp2.593

Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise

2021

Journal Article

Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments

Shumway, Nicole, Bell-James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Foster, Rose, Gillies, Chris and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments. Marine Policy, 134 104789, 104789. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104789

Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments

2025

Journal Article

Opportunities for targeted, small-scale law reform in marine and coastal restoration

Bell-James, Justine, McCormack, Phillipa, Shumway, Nicole and Wawryk, Alexandra (2025). Opportunities for targeted, small-scale law reform in marine and coastal restoration. Restoration Ecology e70147. doi: 10.1111/rec.70147

Opportunities for targeted, small-scale law reform in marine and coastal restoration

2025

Book Chapter

Nature-based climate solutions and the rights of nature: a conundrum of values

Deane, Felicity and Bell-James, Justine (2025). Nature-based climate solutions and the rights of nature: a conundrum of values. Climate technology and law in the Anthropocene. (pp. 286-307) edited by Leonie Reins and Alexander Zahar. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.51952/9781529232912.ch013

Nature-based climate solutions and the rights of nature: a conundrum of values

2025

Journal Article

Groundhog Day: the EPBC Act reform process

Bell-James, Justine, Maron, Martine, McCormack, Phillipa C. and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Groundhog Day: the EPBC Act reform process. Environmental and Planning Law Journal, 41, 19-40.

Groundhog Day: the EPBC Act reform process

2025

Journal Article

Quantifying the presence and potential of national legal frameworks for global mangrove protection

Slobodian, Lydia, Buelow, Christina A., Baker, Sy C., Alvarez, Stephania, Wood, Kimberly C., Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar, Brown, Christopher J., Adame, Maria Fernanda, Amir, A. Aldrie, Bukoski, Jacob J., Bell-James, Justine, Calzada Vazquez Vela, Alejandra, Carrie, Rachael H., Connolly, Rod M., Golebie, Elizabeth J., Foster, Rose A., Heck, Nadine, Sidik, Frida, Turschwell, Mischa P., White, Alexandra R. and Andradi-Brown, Dominic A. (2025). Quantifying the presence and potential of national legal frameworks for global mangrove protection. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2 (8) 100430, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100430

Quantifying the presence and potential of national legal frameworks for global mangrove protection

2025

Journal Article

Ambitions in national plans do not yet match bold international protection and restoration commitments

Bell-James, Justine and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Ambitions in national plans do not yet match bold international protection and restoration commitments. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 9 (3) 2096, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02636-4

Ambitions in national plans do not yet match bold international protection and restoration commitments

2025

Book

Environmental, planning and climate law in Queensland

Maguire, Rowena, Bell-James, Justine, Kennedy, Amanda, England, Philippa, Humphries, Fran and Rogers, Nicole (2025). Environmental, planning and climate law in Queensland. 2nd ed. Chatswood, NSW, Australia: LexisNexis.

Environmental, planning and climate law in Queensland

2025

Journal Article

Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots

Bell-James, Justine, Shumway, Nicole, Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar, Andradi-Brown, Dominic A., Brown, Christopher J., Fitzsimons, James A., Foster, Rose, Hamman, Evan, Lovelock, Catherine E., Saunders, Megan I. and Waltham, Nathan J. (2025). Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots. Environmental Science and Policy, 163 103962, 103962. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103962

Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions: Lessons from global bright spots

2024

Other Outputs

Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. Report to the National Environmental Science Program.

Justine Bell-James, Phillipa McCormack, Alexandra Wawryk and Nicole Shumway (2024). Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. Report to the National Environmental Science Program.. University of Tasmania: National Environmental Science Program..

Identifying and overcoming barriers to marine and coastal habitat restoration and nature based solutions in Australia – Legislative permitting processes for restoration. Report to the National Environmental Science Program.

2024

Journal Article

Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?

Bell‐James, Justine, Foster, Rose, Frohlich, Miguel, Archibald, Carla, Benham, Claudia, Evans, Megan, Fidelman, Pedro, Morrison, Tiffany, Rolim Baggio, Liza, Billings, Peter and Shumway, Nicole (2024). Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?. Conservation Letters, 17 (6) e13054. doi: 10.1111/conl.13054

Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?

2024

Journal Article

Are restoration plans missing the target? Land tenure and cyclone risks reshuffles priorities for mangrove restoration

Piccolo, Renee L., Buelow, Christina, Bell-James, Justine, Saunders, Megan I. and Brown, Christopher J. (2024). Are restoration plans missing the target? Land tenure and cyclone risks reshuffles priorities for mangrove restoration. Restoration Ecology, 32 (8) e14261, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/rec.14261

Are restoration plans missing the target? Land tenure and cyclone risks reshuffles priorities for mangrove restoration

2024

Journal Article

Blue carbon as just transition? A structured literature review

Atchison, Jennifer, Foster, Rose and Bell-James, Justine (2024). Blue carbon as just transition? A structured literature review. Global Sustainability, 7 e27. doi: 10.1017/sus.2024.24

Blue carbon as just transition? A structured literature review

2024

Journal Article

Legal barriers and enablers to upscaling ecological restoration

Foster, Rose and Bell‐James, Justine (2024). Legal barriers and enablers to upscaling ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, 32 (7) e14203. doi: 10.1111/rec.14203

Legal barriers and enablers to upscaling ecological restoration

2024

Conference Publication

Solutions for marine and coastal restoration law reform

Bell-James, Justine, Foster, Rose and Shumway, Nicole (2024). Solutions for marine and coastal restoration law reform. Australian Coastal Restoration Network Symposium, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28-29 May 2024.

Solutions for marine and coastal restoration law reform

2024

Conference Publication

Restoration at scale – legal barriers and enablers

Bell-James, Justine (2024). Restoration at scale – legal barriers and enablers. Reef Resilience Symposium, Cairns, QLD Australia, 16-18 April 2024.

Restoration at scale – legal barriers and enablers

2024

Journal Article

The global shift towards ecosystem restoration: What role for leasehold tenure?

Bell-James, Justine (2024). The global shift towards ecosystem restoration: What role for leasehold tenure?. Australian Property Law Journal, 31 (3), 183-212.

The global shift towards ecosystem restoration: What role for leasehold tenure?