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Innovation in Wildlife Management
Q&A on markets and endangered species
Q: In 1998, you authored a PERC Policy Series called “Who Will Save the Wild Tiger?” What has changed in the world of tigers? A: A lot has been done. There have been many conservation initiatives, much money spent, and many, many meetings. A wide range of conservation NGOs and even the World Bank establishedContinue reading “Q&A on markets and endangered species”
Fishing for An Answer
An innovative new solution to a growing global problem. How one man’s answer to over fishing is going vertical.
Designing Rights-Based Fisheries Programs
Can market forces balance efficiency-equity tradeoffs in marine fisheries?
Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond: Lessons From the Developing World
The lessons from Namibia and other fisheries success stories discussed in this essay illustrate that property rights and environmental protection can happen anywhere.
Endangered species and the roles of science and policy
Whether a given species is at risk of extinction may be a scientific question, but what to do about it is not. What conservation measures should be adopted to address such threats, and at what cost, are policy
questions, says Jonathan Adler
The Leaky Ark
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted in 1973 and today is viewed as the most powerful environmental law in the nation as well as one of the most controversial. “Decoupling” the listing decision how the species should be protected how it should be protected could allow more creative measures tailored the needs ad and circumstances of each species.
Return on investment
By Reed Watson PERC recently acquired ownership of some valuable real estate in the Florida Keys. To the staff’s disappointment, it was not winter office space. Instead, we adopted a piece of Staghorn coral transplanted by the Coral Restoration Foundation. The property is a gift from the 2011 Enviropreneur Institute Fellows. Restoring Florida’s coral reefsContinue reading “Return on investment”
The Endangered Species Act and Federalism
This book presents the legal and policy analysis for federalism considerations in implementing ESA.
Saving African Rhinos: A Market Success Story
How property rights and limited trophy hunting saved the African white rhino.