This article argues that public property rights should be recognised as a separate category of property interest, different and distinct from private and common property interests and conferring distinctive rights and obligations on both “owners” and members of the public. It develops a taxonomy to differentiate private, public and common property rights. The article concludes that it is a mistake to think in terms of “private property”, “common property” or “public property”. The division and allocation of resource entitlements in land can result in private, common and public property rights subsisting over the same land simultaneously, in different combinations and at different times. The categorisation of property interests in land (as private, common or public) may also shift and change from time to time. The article considers the importance of distinguishing between private, common and public property interests for developing new strategies for environmental governance, and for implementing the effective protection of natural resources.

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对公共和公共财产进行分类

本文认为，应将公共财产权视为单独的财产利益类别，区别于私有和公共财产利益，并赋予“所有者”和公众独特的权利和义务。它开发了一种分类法来区分私有、公共和公共财产权。文章的结论是，用“私有财产”、“共有财产”或“公共财产”来思考是错误的。土地资源权利的划分和分配可以导致私有、公共和公共财产权同时存在于同一块土地上，以不同的组合和不同的时间存在。土地财产权益的分类（私人、公共或公共）也可能不时发生变化。