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.
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.
Property rights play a critical role in protecting both people and the environment.
The role of fractionation and land quality in suppressing income growth on American Indian reservations.
A podcast on a market-based approach to improving the Endangered Species Act.
It’s important that we maintain a backstop on extinction, but we also have to consider the incentives for recovery.
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.
We are still far from harmony with the land. But today, less than a week after Leopold’s 133rd birthday, we can be sure he’d be proud of our progress.
Simply pointing the finger at climate change will not prevent devastation during the next wildfire season.
“Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.”
The loss of biodiversity is a top risk to the global economy. Reducing that risk depends on securing property rights and embracing free trade.
A podcast on the importance of Yellowstone's wildlife migration and how we can help preserve it.
A podcast on the future of Africa's Great Migration
The new rules maintain protection of many categories of waters but significantly reduce the range of protected wetlands.
Should FEMA act as a national zoning board or use market incentives to reduce disaster risk?
County of Maui, Hawaii vs. Hawaii Wildlife Fund
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.
We are still far from harmony with the land. But today, less than a week after Leopold’s 133rd birthday, we can be sure he’d be proud of our progress.
Constitutional protections for property rights, if enforced properly, can protect vulnerable communities and advance environmental justice.
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.
