Agenda Readings Faculty Participants PERC’s 11th Enviropreneur Institute begins June 26, 2011. From among the many qualified applicants, 16 participants have been selected. Please use the links above to meet the members of the class of 2011, the faculty and the enviropreneurs-in-action. The readings are password protected; only participants and faculty have access. If you are interested in learningContinue reading “2011 Enviropreneur Institute”
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Don’t mess with Texas fish, either
Despite oil spills, hurricanes and a long history of misguided federal rules, Texas’ commercial fishermen are doing better than ever thanks to new management based on free-market principles and local control.
PERC Reports Winter 2011 Comments
Deeply held mistrust of property rights in Africa I just read Gregg Zachary’s most interesting article in PERC Reports (Winter 2011) about property rights in Uganda. I’ve been based here in Kenya for some 45 years and now research mainly economic impacts of property rights. What never ceases to amaze me is the deeply heldContinue reading “PERC Reports Winter 2011 Comments”
Local Food Makes Strange Dining Companions
The revival of local food and local markets marches under the banner of the left, but its resistance to centralization also appeals to conservatives.
Kenyan parks face development pressure
Kenya might make 20 times more money from the Masai Mara Game Reserve, which is just a sixth of Tanzania’s Serengeti, but this, reports Special Correspondent WYCLIFFE MUGA, comes at a huge environmental cost . By Wycliffe Muga PERC Media Fellow In what amounted to a direct challenge thrown at Kenyan tourism in February,Continue reading “Kenyan parks face development pressure”
Shoot an Elephant, Save a Community
When people who live near wild elephants understand how they can benefit economically, they have an incentive to protect the wildlife.
Do federal land programs crowd out private land conservation?
PERC scholars compare the Conservation and Wetland Reserves, both federal programs, with two private land trusts,The Nature Conservancy and the Land Trust Alliance,to determine their influence on each other.
Liberia is saving its rainforests with barcoding
The West African nation of Liberia has partnered with the European Union in a unique attempt to protect its remaining forests by barcoding every harvestable tree.
Fair-trade coffee producers often end up poorer
By Lawrence Solomon Coffee is one of our guilty pleasures, and not only because of the calories that can be packed into a double latte. Many of us feel guilty that our pleasure is coming at the expense of the Third World coffee farmer, so much so that we gladly pay more for “fair-trade”Continue reading “Fair-trade coffee producers often end up poorer”
Rural areas most vulnerable to climate change
By Matthew Kahn In Climatopolis, I argue that urban growth will help us to adapt to climate change. Cities make us richer (due to trade, learning and specialization) and income will help people to adapt to the challenge of climate change. Productivity in cities takes place indoors and is more immune to climate conditions thanContinue reading “Rural areas most vulnerable to climate change”