[…] explored leveraging private land conservation incentives with municipal investments to promote agricultural water sharing along Coloradoβs Lower South Platte River in order to sustain agricultural communities while meeting the growing water demands of urban areas. In his free time, Dieter enjoys skiing, hiking, biking, camping, boating and fishing with his wife and two young sons.
PERC Director of Outreach Laura Huggins explores how free market environmentalism is working to save 40 million acres of Patagonia grasslands.
[…] involvement β many of the clubs were controlled by non-Canadians and non-residents, and poaching was widespread. The ZEC program began with the instrumental requirement that each ZEC obtain the necessary resources to cover their costs. Because the ZECs must be self-sustaining, there is an incentive to charge a reasonable and profitable price to users. […]
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.
Will the Supreme Courtβs October 2012 term find the Supreme Court repeatedly reversing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in environmental cases as it did in the October 2008 term?
[…] the first board member representing the enviropreneurs and the first international board member, both of which make me very proud. The Patagonia grasslands program is just one venture where free market environmentalism is working on the ground. PERCβs 2012 Enviropreneur Institute will kick off this weekend. Stay tuned for more innovative ideas from the field.
[…] factors that induce a community of users to cooperate and defend their rights to steward a resource. No doubt her contributions will continue to shed light on free market environmentalism. βCalling on Communitiesβ is a chapter inspired by Ostromβs research and will appear in the forthcoming edition ofΒ Free Market Environmentalism. She is survived by […]
US Congress passes legislation opposing catch share fisheries one of the most promising management schemes for protecting fisheries and marine habitat
[…] trying to eke out a living until they could make their claim profitable or, once they had established property rights, buying out someone else in order to obtain an operation large enough to survive. Think of what would happen if your institution announced that it was running a budget surplus and that on June […]
[…] trying to eke out a living until they could make their claim profitable or, once they had established property rights, buying out someone else in order to obtain an operation large enough to survive. Think of what would happen if your institution announced that it was running a budget surplus and that on June […]