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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

The Greater Quabbin Conservation Investment Zone Assessment

The Program on Conservation Innovation, Harvard Forest, Harvard University

The purpose of this report is to suggest that a coordinated and more integrated approach to conservation and economic development in the Greater Quabbin is not only feasible, but also holds considerable promise.

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Resource Type Partner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic FinanceLarge Landscape Conservation and RestorationOrganization and Governance

Environmental Impact Bonds

Duke University Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship

This paper serves as the environmental response to a McKinsey & Company paper on Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) issued in May 2012. SIBs are the “hot topic” in the world of impact investing, yet few are discussing the possibility of applying the SIB model to environmental causes.

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Resource Type Guide/Best PracticesPartner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic Finance

Conservation Easements in the U.S. and Abroad: Reflections and Views toward the Future

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

In 2012, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy sponsored a panel at an international conference on agriculture and forestry to expose U.S. practice with land trusts and conservation easements, and to ask questions about the transferability of the U.S. experience to other countries.

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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute PublicationILCN/Lincoln Institute Working PaperResearch Paper
Topic FinanceLaw and Policy

One Backyard: The First National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Land Lines

This article is written in response to the First National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation in October, 2014. Landscape-level conservation—the term is still relatively new—is a different way of making sense of the world, and of assessing and nurturing its health.

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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and RestorationStewardship and Land Management

Expanding Horizons; Highlights from the National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation

Report Partners: Practitioners’ Network for Large Landscape Conservation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, National Park Service Stewardship Institute, Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment

This report is designed to summarize key facets and findings from the field of large landscape conservation, as discussed in the National Workshop of Large Landscape Conservation, Washington D.C. in October 2014.

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Resource Type Guide/Best PracticesILCN/Lincoln Institute PublicationPartner Publication
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and RestorationPrivately Protected AreasStewardship and Land Management

Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

Conservation Letters; A Journal for the Society for Conservation Biology

The existing Protected Area network needs only an additional 3.3 million square kilometers to achieve 17% global terrestrial coverage. Such extensive and rapid expansion of formal Protected Areas is unlikely to be achievable. Greater focus is therefore needed on alternative approaches, including community- and privately managed sites.

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Resource Type Partner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic Privately Protected Areas

State of the Rainforest Report

GRID Arendal, A Centre Collaborating with UNEP

This is the third “State of the Rainforest” report published by the Rainforest Foundation Norway. It details stories of how communities actively protect their forests, and underscores that solutions for the global problem of tropical deforestation must be built on local experiences.

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Resource Type Partner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic FinanceGreen InfrastructureLarge Landscape Conservation and RestorationLaw and PolicyStewardship and Land Management

Conservation Finance Moving beyond donor funding toward an investor-driven approach

Credit Suisse

This report shows that there are many unexploited private sector investment opportunities to increase conservation finance and deliver maximum conservation impacts while, at the same time, generating returns for investors.

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Resource Type Guide/Best PracticesPartner PublicationResearch Paper
Topic Finance

Investigating the Scalable Models of the Future

Credit Suisse

A 2014 meeting hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco brought together leading practitioners to discuss successful conservation finance deals and innovative transactional structures. The focus was on ideas that are scalable and repeatable and that generate returns for investors. The goal of the workshop was to facilitate the …

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Resource Type Guide/Best PracticesOtherPartner Publication
Topic Finance

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
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