Future conservation efforts are likely to be more successful if they respect cultural norms and rely on incentives rather than punishment.
How national park visitors in the United States could help address the need for wildlife conservation efforts beyond park boundaries, using a case study of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Critical habitat designations that penalize private citizens for essential features found on their land discourage them from maintaining or restoring habitat, benefiting neither property owners nor rare species.
Scaling back federal regulation over isolated wetlands reduces conflict between regulators and private landowners, aligning economic incentives with voluntary conservation objectives.
Elinor Ostrom's work presents a "third way" of governing the commons.
Elinor Ostrom’s influential work provides useful insights into the various institutional frameworks for resource governance in the American West.
The role of fractionation and land quality in suppressing income growth on American Indian reservations.
A new collection of papers on the role of property rights to ecological resources in environmental protection.
How to address misallocations in property rights.
The role of water transfers or appropriations in protecting instream flows.