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- From: spears@bobcat.lmc.edu (Gene Spears)
- Subject: Re: Libertarians & the environment
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- Organization: Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:57:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.155829.25572@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> berenson@cookie.enet.dec.com (Hal Berenson) writes:
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- >Perhaps the most successful environment organization out there is The
- >Nature Conservancy. Although they don't complete avoid government (in
- >particular, they partner with them when convenient) they function
- >primarily through the normal means of property rights. The Nature
- >Conservancy quite simply purchases land to protect wildlife and
- >ecosystems, using privately donated funds. Ducks Unlimited, another one
- >of the biggies, does similar things for wetlands. In other words, there
- >are plenty of examples out there of where the private property model is
- >working.
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- While I second the vote for the Nature Conservancy as one of the most
- successful of environmental organizations, I bet the staff of TNC would
- agree that their organization would be almost unworkable WITHOUT the help of
- state and governmental agencies to manage and protect the land after they
- have acquired it. In almost every instance of land purchase that I've read
- about (and I'm a member), TNC donates the land to some governmental agency
- with stipulations about how the land may be used. Without this option, TNC
- would have to devote a large portion of its budget to property upkeep and
- protection, and be a far less effective organization than they are today. I
- don't know about Ducks Unlimited, but I bet they work the same way.
-
- Gene Spears
- spears@bobact.lmc.edu
-