Lecture 18 - Property Rights and Public Lands Management

The lecture centers on public lands management and the effect of property rights on sustainable resource management. Property rights create a complex set of relationships that complicate effective environmental management. Popular conceptions of wilderness also make it difficult to manage public lands sustainably, since people view wilderness as a place of freedom, without regulation. Managing property rights and people's concept of right to wilderness are the central issues facing natural resource managers and public lands managers. As a result, it is important to consider external forces, such as climate change, that influence one's ability to exercise property rights. **Resources** ;[[http://oyc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/evst255_18LecPropertyTakingsApr1%2710.pdf|Lecture 18 [PDF] ]]