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How Landscape Conservation Partnerships Are Working to Address Climate Change

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

This paper examines the experience of collaborative partnerships in dealing with climate change. The examination draws from a recent online survey of landscape conservation partnerships, interviews with over 40 practitioners, web research, and email communications. The paper presents practices that appear to be most effective and makes re…

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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Working Paper
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration

Investing in Conservation; A Landscape Assessment of an emerging market

NatureVest

As the impact investment market has grown in recent years, so has the research coverage across sectors and thematic areas of focus. This report presents the first study of the market for conservation-related impact investments.

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Resource Type Guide/Best PracticesPartner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic Finance

The Futures of Privately Protected Areas; Developing Capacity for a Protected Planet

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

The project arose because of a concern that privately protected areas deserve to be fully recognized, better integrated with national and regional conservation policies, encouraged and supported. This is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) first comprehensive report on the status of privately protected areas an…

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Resource Type Partner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic FinanceLaw and PolicyOrganization and GovernancePrivately Protected AreasStewardship and Land Management

The Global Reach of Land Trust Organizations

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

This paper is a summary of the author’s reflections gained from the many interactions he has had over the past 18 months with land trust practitioners, academics and government agency leaders on several continents.

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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute PublicationILCN/Lincoln Institute Working PaperResearch Paper
Topic Law and PolicyOrganization and GovernancePrivately Protected Areas

An Open Field: Emerging Opportunities for a Global Private Land Conservation Movement

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

This paper explores the history of the land trust movement in the US, looks at specific examples of the growing private land conservation movement around the globe, and proposes a model that includes a framework of legal, financial and organizational elements.

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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute PublicationILCN/Lincoln Institute Working PaperResearch Paper
Topic FinanceLaw and PolicyOrganization and GovernancePrivately Protected Areas

Conservation on Private Land: A Review of Global Strategies with a Proposed Classification System

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

With parks and protected areas insufficient to sustain global biodiversity, the role of private land in biodiversity conservation is increasingly significant. This paper proposes a classification system for private land conservation as a complement to IUCN’s classification of global protected areas.

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Resource Type Research Paper
Topic Law and PolicyPrivately Protected AreasStewardship and Land Management

Alternative Ways to Support Private Land Conservation

European Commission

This report for the European Commission extensively details current global trends occurring in private land conservation. It offers analysis of such trends and also suggests alternative methodologies for performing private land conservation in different areas of the world depending on legal, governance, and financial structures.

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Resource Type Guide/Best PracticesPartner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic FinanceLaw and PolicyPrivately Protected Areas
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