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Clough Lecture 1999: Private Conservation

OCCASIONAL PAPER

| Michael De Alessi

Despite what one tends to read or hear, the gains in environmental quality around the world in the last few decades have been astounding. People are living longer, the air is getting cleaner, and agriculture is getting more productive, freeing up more land for wildlife and forest growth.1 Yet, strangely enough, the general view of the environment seems to be a dim one, and the issues of environmental protection and conservation seem to be growing in importance all the time. Why?

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