Who Owns Nature? Reciprocity and the Business of Conserving What No One Fully Owns. Speaker: Professor Benjamin J. Richardson
Abstract Nature’s ecological value is shared, but in Canada its legal title or use is often private—held by farmers, extractive industries, and others. This lecture argues that reciprocity, not exclusion, should govern land use: conservation easements and land trusts bind owners to obligations toward community, future generations, and nature itself, resembling covenants more than restrictions. […]