[…] the sprinklers are on, and the kids are filling the bathtub, few Americans are thinking about how much water they are consuming. Under the current subsidized system of water allocation, Americans only spend approximately $474 a year on water, a price that does not reflect its true scarcity value. In PERCβs latest video production […]
Maasai are incresaing their incomes by using a portion of their grazing land for wildlife viewing by tourists.
[…] will find its way of slowing Kudzuβs advance for nature abhors a monopoly. The real danger is our own stupidity: Whereas farmers could get federal money to plant kudzu in the 1940s, the same federal agency now helpfully offers to cost-share the application of aerial herbicides to kill it all. Kudzu will meet its […]
DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT Fifty years after the publication of Rachel Carsonβs Silent Spring, the bookβs legacy is mixed. It helped raise awareness about the costs of mass spraying operations, but it also provided justification for campaigns against the use of DDT in malaria control programs, which contributed to the deaths of millions […]
[…] your favorite relatives to make land management decisions, and add bureaucratic red tape, and you can understand why these lands generate little revenue. Will the proposed reallocation plan help Indians? Research I conducted in the 1990s with Dean Lueck showed the value of agricultural output per acre on tribal lands is 85% less than […]
A contemporary breed of religious practitioners are working to combine faith and ecology in new ways.
[…] if policy makers rethink current land-use regulations; continue investments to reduce center city crime; and increase local public school quality. The authors also recommend areas for further study. This report addresses two primary goals. First, it generates new econometric results using several new micro and macro data sets to quantify how proximity to the […]
[…] are occurring and where and why markets are emerging to resolve water conflicts. Unlike other books that portray water wars as an inescapable reality of a crowded planet, Tapping Water MarketsΒ proposes institutional reforms aimed at fostering voluntary water exchange, conservation, and cooperation. The book containsΒ case studies from the United States and other parts of […]
[…] unique way. They see the prospect for cooperation where others see unsolvable conflict. They see unwritten contracts where others see unwritten regulations. They see new frontiers for free market environmentalism where others see only market failures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-p7bQDE5-Q&context=C3825d8aADOEgsToPDskJ6LY_me6lAwsWZqtmYl4C5 One such enviropreneur, Brett Howell, has taken a dive off Floridaβs coast and is bringing market-based solutions […]
An exploration of where and why water shortages are occurring and where and why water markets are evolving to resolve conflicting water uses.