PERC CEO Brian Yablonski joins Dylan Bagnasco of the Land Ethic podcast to discuss free market environmentalism. Brian notes that a market-based approach to conservation will be more sustainable and insulated from fickle political winds. The two discussed Brian’s history as the chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, how a free-market approach to environmentalism works, and current PERC research such as wildfire and forest management, the role of private lands in wildlife conservation, and water markets.
Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation
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Brian Yablonski
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Brian Yablonski is the chief executive officer of PERC and the former chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Lost Founding Father of American Conservation
Two years before he authored the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set out on the lifelong project of conserving Virginia’s Natural Bridge. Michaelle Browers has described the effort as “perhaps the first major act of nature preservation in the new republic.” The man who would be Governor of Virginia and President of the United StatesContinue reading "Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation"
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How the Eagle Came Back
As we celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary, it is heartening that America’s national symbol, the bald eagle, is no longer imperiled. Although once at risk of extinction throughout much of its historical range, this majestic species rebounded in the late 20th century, and populations are now in good health. At the time of the nation’sContinue reading "Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation"
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America’s Landscape of Liberty
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, it’s natural to reflect on our nation’s founding through its political ideals: individual liberty and equality, constitutional government, and individual rights. But these ideals did not emerge in the abstract, nor were they implemented in a vacuum. They were shaped in a diversity of landscapes, quite unlike the terrainContinue reading "Markets Can Provide More Sustainable Conservation"
