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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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Topic Large Landscape Conservation and Restoration Law and Policy 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

Planning for Conservation Priorities Across Community Values: An Evaluation of the Conservation Priority Setting Methodology as Developed by Perlman and Western Lands and Communities

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

This working paper summarizes a conservation priority setting approach in the western US and evaluates its success. In addition, a review of the current field of conservation planning is provided along with suggestions regarding CPSM's place within this larger field and its potential for future implementation.
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Resource Type Guide/Best Practices / ILCN/Lincoln Institute Publication / ILCN/Lincoln Institute Working Paper / Research Paper
Topic Organization and Governance / Stewardship and Land Management

The Uniform Conservation Easement Act: Reflections of a Member of the Drafting Committee

Utah Law Review, Utah Environmental Law Review

This article describes the process in which the Uniform Conservation Easement Act (UCEA) was first created in the United States. The UCEA, which the Uniform Law Commission adopted in 1981, has since been adopted in whole or substantial part by almost half of the states in the United States of America, and remains to this day, a landmark c...
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Resource Type Research Paper
Topic Law and Policy

NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE Investing in Forested Landscapes for Source Water Protection in the United States

World Resources Institute

This guide, one of the most comprehensive of its kind, threads together the experience and insights of over 50 authors from the front lines of source water protection efforts.
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Resource Type Guides & Tool Kits / Partner Publication
Topic Finance / Green Infrastructure / Stewardship and Land Management

From the Margins to the Mainstream Assessment of the Impact Investment Sector and Opportunities to Engage Mainstream Investors

World Economic Forum

At its Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2012, the World Economic Forum brought together mainstream investors, impact investors and social entrepreneurs to discuss how to harness the potential of impact investing.
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Resource Type Partner Publication / Research Paper
Topic Finance