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ILCN ELCN Earth Day Online Plenary

On the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, the ILCN/ELCN Earth Day Plenary highlights the importance of leadership at all levels of society – from national, subnational, and local government to civic and grassroots initiatives – to protect natural and cultural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.  
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Resource Type Webinars
Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration Law and Policy Organization and Governance Privately Protected Areas

Wildlands and Woodlands Report

Harvard Forest

This report from the Harvard Forest, Harvard University urges the people and Commonwealth of Massachusetts to launch a bold, comprehensive initiative to conserve Wildlands and Woodlands in New England, and the ecological and social values they possess.
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Resource Type Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Green Infrastructure / Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

Company Reserves; Integrating Biological Reserves Owned and Managed by Commercial Companies into the Global Protected Areas Network- A Review of Options

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

This paper looks at the options for developing company protected areas, current initiatives and implications and gives recommendations for future developments.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Organization and Governance / Privately Protected Areas / Stewardship and Land Management

Conserving the Stage: Climate Change and the Geophysical Underpinnings of Species Diversity

PLOS One

This study tested how well geology predicts the species diversity of 14 US states and 3 Canadian provinces, using a comprehensive new spatial dataset. The results of this study suggest that protecting geophysical settings will conserve the stage for current and future biodiversity and may be a robust alternative to species-level predictio...
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Topic Other

The Private Lands Conservation Initiative in Chile (a chapter within Conservation Capital in the Americas, ed. James Levitt)

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

The Chilean Private Lands Conservation Initiative is the product of a unique, synergistic, and well-timed collaboration. The Private Lands Initiative stands close to success: passing legislation to provide critical public and private incentives necessary to unleash the enormous potential of private lands conservation in Chile.
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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication
Topic Organization and Governance / Privately Protected Areas

Conservation Easements Outside of the United States

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

For the past thirty years, nonprofits in the United States have been authorized to acquire and hold conservation easements, which are perpetual restrictions that prevent alteration of the subject land’s natural and ecological features.
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Resource Type ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication / ILCN/Lincoln Institute Working Paper / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Law and Policy

Globalizing Conservation Easements: Private Law Approaches for International Environmental Protection

Wisconsin International Law Journal

This article will provide a framework of the major policy and legal issues that could, and in the author's view should, inform a country’s decision to adopt private conservation restrictions.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Law and Policy

[Policy Focus Report] Large Landscape Conservation: A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

In response to increasing activity at the large landscape scale, leaders from the public, private and nongovernmental sectors participated in two national policy dialogues and many other informal discussions in 2009.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance

Forest of the Future; Financing biodiversity, water quality and climate change mitigation in the Big River and Salmon Creek Forests of California

The North Coast Conservation Program, The Conservation Fund

Description of programs that provide financial incentives to landowners to achieve significant habitat conservation, water and air quality enhancements, and economic development options.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Green Infrastructure / Stewardship and Land Management

Perpetual Conservation Easements in the 21st Century: What Have We Learned and Where Should We Go From Here?

S.J. Quinney College of Law, The University of Utah

This article details the growth in the use of conservation easements by nonprofit organizations in the United States, and places it within a larger legal context and framework of the various laws that impact the creation, administration and implementation of such conservation easements.
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Resource Type Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Law and Policy

Caring Together for Nature; Manual on land stewardship as a tool to promote social involvement with the natural environment in Europe

LandLife

This manual is a product of the LIFE+ funded project "LandLife: Boosting land stewardship as a conservation tool in the western Mediterranean arc: a communication and training scheme"
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance / Law and Policy / Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management