How assigning property rights to protected species turned a landfill into a conservation bank.
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Interior Announces New Water Innovation Initiative
The Department of Interior should be applauded for its efforts to harness water markets and habitat conservation, but the real success will be measured by the Interior’s ability to get out of its own way, eliminating the rules and regulations that dis-incentivize conservation.
TBT: Property Rights and Conservation
The mainstream environmental movement often questions the value of property rights and environmental protection, but they actually go hand in hand.
Dynamic Ecology and Dynamic Economics: The Foundation of Austrian Environmental Economics
Analyzing nature and economies as static systems distracts our attention from the dynamic forces in both.
Austrian Ecology: Reconciling Dynamic Economics and Ecology
New paper in the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy explores the linkages between ecology and economics through the lens of Austrian economics.
Hatching a Better Plan for the Sage Grouse
Private landowners are the driving force behind sage grouse conservation.
TBT: Private Conservation, Then and Now
Our newest PERC Reports highlights private conservation in the public interest. In the August 1997 PERC Reports, we compiled examples of private conservation initiatives from around the United States. Looking back, we can’t help but notice the parallels.
The Lion in the Room
To protect lions and other endangered species, we must harness the tools of free market environmentalism to resolve human-wildlife conflict.
Partnering for Habitat in Kenya
A safari group and local tribe join together to protect wildlife.
The New West
A quiet revolution is sweeping across the West, forging a new approach to conservation in the 21st century.