North American public trust doctrine

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environmental law principle legal doctrine public law doctrine wildlife law principle

The North American public trust doctrine is a legal and ethical principle holding that wildlife and other natural resources are owned collectively by the public and must be managed by governments as trustees for present and future generations.

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Label	Occurrences
North American public trust doctrine canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental law principle ⓘ legal doctrine ⓘ public law doctrine ⓘ wildlife law principle ⓘ
appliesIn	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	fisheries ⓘ navigable waters ⓘ other critical natural resources ⓘ submerged lands ⓘ tidelands ⓘ water resources ⓘ wildlife ⓘ
basisFor	limitations on private ownership of wildlife ⓘ limitations on privatization of navigable waters ⓘ public rights of access to certain natural resources ⓘ
contrastsWith	doctrines recognizing private ownership of wildlife ⓘ
coreIdea	certain natural resources are held in trust by the state for the public ⓘ government acts as trustee of public natural resources ⓘ public natural resources must be managed for present and future generations ⓘ wildlife is owned collectively by the public ⓘ
ethicalDimension	emphasizes responsibility to future generations ⓘ frames natural resources as a common heritage ⓘ requires stewardship of natural resources ⓘ
goal	conservation of wildlife for the public ⓘ equitable access to natural resources ⓘ long-term sustainability of public resources ⓘ
hasConcept	fiduciary duty of the state ⓘ government trusteeship ⓘ inalienability of certain public resources ⓘ intergenerational equity ⓘ public access to certain resources ⓘ public ownership of wildlife ⓘ sustainable management of natural resources ⓘ
hasRegion	North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	environmental protection law in North America ⓘ fisheries management policy in North America ⓘ public lands management in North America ⓘ wildlife management policy in North America ⓘ
legalEffect	can be invoked in litigation to protect public resources ⓘ imposes fiduciary duties on governments regarding natural resources ⓘ
relatedTo	North American Model of Wildlife Conservation NERFINISHED ⓘ environmental constitutionalism ⓘ intergenerational justice ⓘ public trust doctrine ⓘ
timeScope	future generations ⓘ present generations ⓘ

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North American Model of Wildlife Conservation → basedOn → North American public trust doctrine ⓘ