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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Species conservation - how being helpful hurts
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This blog reports new ideas and work on mind, brain, behavior, psychology, and politics - as well as random curious stuff
There are many examples of perverse incentives resulting from government regulations to save species.
ReplyDeleteIn an attempt to save a rare species of bird in the North Carolina mountains, the government prevented the cutting down of trees within a 50 mile radius of where a bird was spotted. As a result, a small group of people with interest in the land hunted and killed the birds. Crazy, but true.