The home of free market environmentalism
Because abandoned mines generate substantial environmental harms, it is critical to remove regulatory disincentives to clean-up efforts and to replace them with positive incentives.
Watch the latest film in PERC's Markets for Conservation series, which shares the story of a market-based solution to the wild horse crisis.
The surviving wildlife migrations of the Yellowstone region are wonders of nature. The key to saving them is enlisting private landowners as allies.
As policymakers seek permanent funding for conservation and recreation, the challenge will be to find other, more dependable funding sources to sustain outdoor recreation and conservation.
The crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the tourism industry, gives us the opportunity to see the vulnerabilities of conservation models more clearly.
RESEARCH INITIATIVE: Reduce the hurdles and increase the opportunities for restoration efforts to enhance resilience on national forest lands.
RESEARCH INITIATIVE: Empowering entrepreneurs and investors to build an Africa that is verdant, prosperous, and free.
Free market environmentalism offers many ways to better align the incentives of landowners with the interests of rare species.
A podcast on the merits of free market environmentalism.
Founded in 1980 in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the home of free market environmentalism. Our research is dedicated to harnessing the power of markets and property rights to improve environmental quality.
PERC weighs in on the listing status of the grizzly bear, specifically addressing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population.
Fully solving the backlog issue will require tackling the current backlog as well as ensuring that today’s routine maintenance needs do not become tomorrow’s deferred maintenance.
As recreation and conservation funding realities evolve in the 21st century, public funding streams should evolve along with them.
PERC weighs in on the listing status of the grizzly bear, specifically addressing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population.
The delays and expense associated with an overly bureaucratic process pose real environmental costs.
We must take the time to separate facts from propaganda and listen to scientists and stakeholders to avoid prioritizing emotions over evidence.
Creating a greater role for the private sector will spur innovation and more effective environmental solutions.
The delays and expense associated with an overly bureaucratic process pose real environmental costs.
Property rights play a critical role in protecting both people and the environment.
PERC weighs in on the listing status of the grizzly bear, specifically addressing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population.
Private lands play an important but often-overlooked role in sustaining many of the things we cherish most about the West.
Policies intended to provide short term benefits to homeowners can increase the harms from increased fire risks by blunting the incentives that a free market would otherwise provide.
Lessons from Ducks Unlimited
Watch PERC's short film which tells the story of how trophy hunting is helping conserve African wildlife.
If we overlook the importance of private landowners in conserving wildlife, we risk jeopardizing what we love.
A podcast about free market environmentalism.
Earth Day is a moment to celebrate the gains of conservation and the natural world.
A collection of papers exploring the role market design plays in the distributional consequences of the transition to market-based environmental protection.
