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Enviropreneur Spotlight: Dieter Erdmann
John Batchelor interviews Enviropreneur Intitute fellow, Dieter Erdmann, about how Colorado Open Lands is driving cooperation with private landowners to preserve open lands with conservation easements. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/JBS%20Erdmann%20070212.mp3 DIETER ERDMANN Dieter Erdmann is the Director of Conservation Operations for Colorado Open Lands, where he is responsible for oversight and management of all of the statewideContinue reading “Enviropreneur Spotlight: Dieter Erdmann”
Enviropreneur Spotlight: Logan Yonavjak
John Batchelor interviews Enviropreneur Intitute fellow, Logan Yonavjak, about her work with the conservation investment note, and how it can finance environmental projects. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/JBS%20Yonavjak%20070212.mp3 LOGAN YONAVJAK Logan is the Business Development Officer for New Ventures at the World Resources Institute in the Markets and Enterprise Program. New Ventures is WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship,Continue reading “Enviropreneur Spotlight: Logan Yonavjak”
The Not So Wild, Wild West
PJ Hill talks about his book, “ The Not So Wild, Wild West,” with John Batchelor. He describes how the West was developed and how property rights emerged before governments. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/JBS%20Hill%20070212.mp3
The Role of Enviropreneurs
John Batchelor stops in Bozeman, Montana to speak with Terry Anderson about how to enhance the value of environmental amenities. Anderson highlights the role that environmental entrepreneurs take to improve environmental outcomes as well as contrasts local versus federal land management. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/JBS%20Anderson%20070212.mp3
Saving Patagonia Grasslands
PERC Director of Outreach Laura Huggins explores how free market environmentalism is working to save 40 million acres of Patagonia grasslands.
What in the world is a ZEC?
Written by Dylan Brewer, PERC Summer Intern Québec’s zones d’exploitation contrôlée (ZECs) are one of the best kept secrets of conservation. Created in 1978 with the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune’s (MRNF) launch of “Opération gestion faune,” ZECs are non-profit organizations in charge of managing wildlife resources. Each zone is headed byContinue reading “What in the world is a ZEC?”
Whale Fisheries, a Property Rights Alternative
On the John Batchelor Show, Gary Libecap discusses the property rights alternative to international whaling agreements. This catch-share alternative would give individuals a stake in the whale fishery, which would likely improve the stock and lead to its long-term health.
Raising Coral, Restoring Reefs
PERC Enviropreneur Institute alum Brett Howell is developing a market for coral reef restoration off Florida’s coast. If the reefs rebound and new coral grows, they will not only improve the habitat for marine animals but also improve business prospects for dive shops, fishing boats, and ocean side hotels and restaurants.
The D.C. Circuit’s Greenhouse Gas Decision
Today’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA is quite significant for environmental law. The court turned away the state and industry challenges to the EPA’s decision to begin regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The only element of the decision that is at allContinue reading “The D.C. Circuit’s Greenhouse Gas Decision”