[…] machines for a test run, and the U.S. Army is using the mobile units in Iraq. Until now, the army has transported bottled water on C-17 cargo planes and then trucked it to the troops. By plane, the cost is $30 per gallon; from the mobile unit in the field, it is 30 cents […]
[…] Nations are the financial incentive propelling this unusual turn-about. The peat swamp forest on the Kampar Peninsula is one of the worldβs largest, with decomposed trees and plants piled 50 feet deep in spots. Billions of tons of carbon dioxide are locked away in this waterlogged land, but when drained or cleared, it releases […]
The Entiat Valley Habitat Farming Enterprise Program is a vehicle to create successful transactions between willing sellers of riparian habitat and those willing to pay for restoration of fish, improved wildlife habitat, and clean water.
[…] 1996, an environmental group that submitted the highest bid for a 275-acre timber allotment in Okanogan National Forest in Washington was disqualified because the group did not plan to cut any trees. Politically powerful ranching, timber, and oil interests have kept the bidding process free of competition from environmental groups, thereby keeping leases at […]
“Local,β they say, βnever goes out of season.β
[…] temporary or permanent transfer of the rights to use water among water users. It does this by acting as an intermediary to bring together those holding legally valid water rights with those in need of additional water supplies. A water bank has a regular, transparent, institutionalized process for transferring water rights, which serves to […]
[…] costs on them by building houses and that land use regulations are necessary. Land trust enviropreneurs, on the other hand, accept the landownerβs right to develop and obtain conservation easements to determine future land use. There is a big difference between the externality approach and the entrepreneurial approach to improving environmental quality. Asserting the […]
[…] next to them. Production technologies matter: βFood milesβ refer to the distance food travels from farms to retailers. In the American case, the food production stage ( planting, irrigating, harvesting, using heated greenhouses, applying fertilizers and pesticides, etc.) contributes far more greenhouse gas emissions (83%) than the food miles segment (4%). Therefore, the resources […]
[…] investment and sharply reduced the value of tribal lands. In contrast, the non-Indian blocks of Palm Springs assigned to Southern Pacific had fee-simple ownership status, making them free of such restrictions. Development proceeded on this property, resulting in land values more than five times higher than observed for otherwise identical Indian land. In the […]
[…] spaces and wildlife are what draw peopleβs attention. Balancing these needs is the job of the resource steward. The day ends with guests working through a case study. If they were ranch owners and wolves were killing their cows, how would they best manage this difficult situation? For their efforts, ranchers are compensated by […]