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Innovation in Wildlife Management
Helping Property Rights Evolve in Marine Fisheries
Scarcely a week goes by in which we do not hear or read some distressing news about overfishing in ocean fisheries. Such news comes at a time when the world has witnessed a phenomenal productivity boom in agricultural use of land.
Habitat Credit Trading
The “currency” involved in the habit trading system is habitat credits.
Farming for Fish
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.
Tiger Farms: A conservation idea
red in tooth and claw?
By Dean Irvine Could "tiger farms"—where the animals would be bred in captivity then culled for their body parts—help save the critically endangered animal in the wild? "Regulated tiger farms could provide enough tiger products to reduce the pressure on wild tigers from poaching," said Terry Anderson, executive director of the Property and Environment ResearchContinue reading “Tiger Farms: A conservation idea
red in tooth and claw?”
red in tooth and claw?”
“And then what?”
In the early days of the ivory trade ban in the 1980s, TIME magazine showed a picture of Kenyan government officials burning tons of ivory to demonstrate their commitment to the ban as a way of stopping elephant poaching.
Don Leal appointed to Gulf of Mexico fishery advisory panel
PERC Research Director Don Leal has been appointed to serve on an advisory panel for the Gulf of Mexico that will help guide decisions on how limited access privilege programs can be used effectively to ensure the health and economic viability of the gulf’s marine resources. Leal’s career has been dedicated to research on naturalContinue reading “Don Leal appointed to Gulf of Mexico fishery advisory panel”
Morro Bay Fishery Charts Bold Course
Morro Bay is a picturesque coastal community in central California. The town’s most prominent physical feature is Morro Rock, the remnant of an ancient volcano, which stands at the entrance to the bay that gives the town its name.
The tragedy of the commons
Property rights and markets as solutions to resource and environmental problems.
Saving wild tigers could mean eating them
On ABC’s “20/20” with John Stossel, Terry Anderson sugests eating tigers could be the best way to save them.