Achieving conservation on private lands requires patience and partnership-building.
Author Archives: Kat Dwyer
Contracting and the Commons: Linking the Insights of Gary Libecap and Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Ostrom’s work presents a “third way” of governing the commons.
Resource Governance in the American West: Institutions, Information, and Incentives
Elinor Ostrom’s influential work provides useful insights into the various institutional frameworks for resource governance in the American West.
It’s Time for a Creative Approach to Conservation
Market approaches based in property rights and trade can align incentives in ways that create environmental benefits.
Does Superfund Undermine the Role of Property Rights in Cleaning Up Pollution?
The Supreme Court declines to answer in Atlantic Richfield case.
Looking Ahead Amidst Uncertainty
A Message on the Covid-19 Pandemic from PERC’s CEO Brian Yablonski.
Turning the Problem Into the Solution
This National Wildlife Week, we celebrate the innovative leaders that are getting the incentives right to conserve the wildlife that makes our world so diverse and exciting.
Federal Rules Discourage Cleanup of Abandoned Mines
Although conservation groups and private companies have expressed an interest in pitching in, the risk of liability significantly constrains their ability to do so.
How Will We Pay For the Land and Water Conservation Fund?
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.
Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights the Vulnerability of African Wildlife 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.