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Innovation in Wildlife Management
Markets, Not Ill-Fitting Regulatory Mandates, Are the Solution to Bycatch
Markets can overcome the technological challenge by giving fishers and others the incentive to develop new ways to reduce bycatch.
Media Misinformation Harms Conservation Efforts
Media coverage of trophy hunting highlights the potential for misinformation to enter public and political debates on conservation issues.
Banning Hunting Trophies Will Undermine the Health of African Ecosystems
To reduce the threat of future pandemics we must conserve intact, healthy ecosystems in parts of the world, like sub-Saharan Africa, that are hotspots of emerging wildlife-borne diseases.
The Trump Administration Takes a Step Toward Better Protecting Endangered Species
Improving incentives for landowners is a more effective way to conserve habitat than imposing burdensome regulatory mandates on them.
Conserving Habitat Requires Better Incentives, Not More Regulatory Mandates
The proposed definition of habitat should be followed by a broader effort to reduce counterproductive regulatory mandates.
Markets and Property Rights are Improving the Environment
A podcast on free market environmentalism and its track record around the world.
Conserving Wildlife While Reducing Disease Risk
Catherine Semcer testifies before the U.S. Senate on ways to conserve wildlife and prevent disease transmission.
Environmental Law and Free Market Environmentalism
A podcast on endangered species, property rights, and free market environmentalism.
PERC Research Fellow Testifies on Wildlife Conservation and Zoonotic Disease Risks
Catherine Semcer testifies before the U.S. Senate on the importance of habitat conservation in preventing disease transmission from wildlife to humans.