ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Private Conservation

Saving our streams through water markets: a practical guide
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Clay J. Landry
Country: United States

"An essential guide for those interested in using water markets to protect fish and other wildlife in streams and rivers." Available online as PDF and in a printed handbook.

An economic guide to state wildlife management
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Dean Lueck
Country: United States

"PERC's newest research paper ... provides valuable background for evaluating the prospects for state wildlife agencies in an era of shifting funding, changing constituents, and the growing role of private landowners." Available in Adobe PDF format.(12/00)

Enterprise and biodiversity: Do market forces yield diversity of life?
Source: Cato Institute
Author: David Schap and Andrew T. Young
Country: United States

We've seen markets emerge for land, water, and air. How about biodiversity? Adobe PDF. (5/99)

Blueprint 2001: drafting environmental policy for the future
Source: The Business Roundtable
Country: United States

The Business Roundtable has compiled a set of recommendations on economy and environment for the U.S. federal government's new legislative and executive leaders. (02/08/01)

Reform land exchanges: End the barter
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Tim Fitzgerald
Country: United States

"It's time to let federal agencies buy and sell land," says Tim Fitzgerald in a new PERC Policy Series paper. (6/00)

Homesteading the oceans: The case for property rights in U.S. fisheries
Source: Political Economy Research Center
Author: Donald R. Leal
Country: United States

In his latest contribution to the PERC Policy Series, Donald Leal lays out the case for a system of individual transferable quotas in the U.S. fishing industry. Available in Adobe PDF format. (8/00)

Conservation through Collusion
Source: Social Science Research Network
Author: Jonathan H. Adler
City: Cleveland, State: OH, Country: United States
E-mail: jhadler@earthlink.net

This paper examines the tension between resource conservation and antitrust in the context of marine fisheries. By limiting the sorts of cooperative arrangements that fishermen may adopt to conserve fisheries, antitrust law may inhibit the development of more effective self-governing institutions.

Extended Producer Responsibility: Reexamining its role in environmental progress
Source: Reason Public Policy Institute
Author: Joel Schwartz and Dana Joel Gattuso
Country: United States

This study details how several electronics manufacturers, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sony, have created successful private recycling programs. It is available in Adobe PDF. (06/02)

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