“Use it or lose it” requirements can exacerbate conflict by giving ranchers and conservation interests no alternative to political, legal, or administrative conflict.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Can We Save the Diminishing Colorado River?
Lessons from the past may help to improve the situation and make scarcity a prelude to plenty.
Without Reforms to the Environmental Review Process, Wildfires Will Grow Worse
Exhaustive environmental reviews and litigious environmental activists delay, and sometimes prevent, urgently needed forest restoration projects.
Public Comment on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting
Private organizations have the potential to help in cleaning up existing mines and identifying areas where conservation is valued over mining through market bidding.
A Judicial Threat to Conservation
The recent nullification of environmental regulations by a federal court sets a dangerous precedent.
Wildlife Conservation is Key to the Success of Biden’s African Reset
A task ahead for the Biden administration will be to heal the wildlife trade rift between the U.S. and the SADC.
Permitting Reform Push Should Include Forest Restoration
A thoughtfully tailored permitting reform bill can provide a boost to the environment.
Designing Groundwater Markets in Practice
Lessons from three California groundwater basins
Public Comment on Establishing Experimental Populations Outside a Species’ Historic Range
Successful introduction efforts will require making species an asset to landowners, rather than a liability.
Rhino Poaching and Assassination Highlight Need for Private Wildlife Conservancies to Move Beyond Tourism
Carbon markets offer a potentially promising avenue to boost profits for private African wildlife conservancies.