Banking on Endangered Species
Ben Guillon, Geoff Smick, Rob Schell, Liz AgrazHow assigning property rights to protected species turned a landfill into a conservation bank.
The Magazine of Free Market Environmentalism
A fundamental principle of free market environmentalism is that property rights can turn environmental resources from liabilities into assets by giving resource owners the right incentives for stewardship. Specifically, when property rights are clearly defined, secure from theft, and tradable, the competitive marketplace tends to enhance rather than diminish environmental quality.
This issue of PERC Reports features stories of “private conservation in the public interest.” Environmental entrepreneurs around the globe are harnessing market forces to enhance wildlife habitat, clean water, and provide recreational opportunities on private lands. And, importantly, the benefits of their efforts spill over property boundaries, often to the benefit of the non-paying public.
How assigning property rights to protected species turned a landfill into a conservation bank.
Private landowners are the driving force behind sage grouse conservation.
A quiet revolution is sweeping across the West, forging a new approach to conservation in the 21st century.
Restoring private land is big business—and the benefits flow well beyond property boundaries.
Conservation efforts transform a cattle ranch into a wildlife haven.
A safari group and local tribe join together to protect wildlife.
The EPA’s new water rule could discourage private conservation efforts.
We follow the lead of Aldo Leopold by reinforcing a land ethic that rewards landowners who engage in private conservation.
Around the world, landowners enhance wildlife habitat, clean water, and provide recreational opportunities. This issue of PERC Reports features stories of private conservation in the public interest.
Want public access to private land? There’s an app for that.
Farmers contract with upstream land users to conserve cloud forests.
When it comes to protecting fisheries, not all property rights are created equal.