The Social and Institutional Research Program of Land & Water Australia has brought together a set of papers from leading researchers and analysts on natural resources property rights and responsibilities. The authors include Paul Martin, Miriam Verbeek, Poh-Ling Tan, John Marsden, Mike Young, Jim McColl, Megan Dyson, Robin Connor, Stephen Dovers, Tony Gleeson, Kirstie Piper, Jennifer McKay and Henning Bjornlund