Land Conservation Financing

Author : Story Clark
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597267588

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A Field Guide to Conservation Finance by Story Clark Pdf

Finally, a comprehensive book on land conservation financing for community and regional conservation leaders. A Field Guide to Conservation Finance provides essential advice on how to tackle the universal obstacle to protecting private land in America: lack of money. Story Clark dispels the myths that conservationists can access only private funds controlled by individuals or that only large conservation organizations have clout with big capital markets. She shows how small land conservation organizations can achieve conservation goals using both traditional and cutting-edge financial strategies. Clark outlines essential tools for raising money, borrowing money, and reducing the cost of transactions. She covers a range of subjects including transfer fees, voluntary surcharges, seller financing, revolving funds, and Project Related Investment programs (PRIs). A clear, well-written overview of the basics of conservation finance with useful insights and real stories combine to create a book that is an invaluable and accessible guide for land trusts seeking to protect more land.

Author : Mike McQueen,Edward T. McMahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114280303

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Land Conservation Financing by Mike McQueen,Edward T. McMahon Pdf

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Author : Kim Hopper (consultant.),D. Ernest Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015060052720

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The Trust for Public Land's Conservation Finance Handbook by Kim Hopper (consultant.),D. Ernest Cook Pdf

Between 1996 and 2002, the Trust for Public Land helped communities design and pass ballot measures that raised more than $28 billion to fund parks and open space across the country. With growth and sprawl rapidly overtaking their open lands, communities are voting in record numbers to put money aside for conservation. Voters are coming to recognize the interrelationship between conserved land, a safe environment, a strong economy, and a livable community. Well-designed finance measures that reflect the unique conservation needs and funding capacities of their communities have a much better chance of passing. Writer Kim Hopper and the Trust for Public Land's team of conservation finance experts have put together a soup-to-nuts handbook on park and conservation funding. Designed for community leaders and involved citizens, local government officials and conservation professionals, this how-to guide explains the complex process of securing federal, state, and private conservation funds and--most importantly--researching, designing, and passing a local, voter-approved conservation finance measure. This book covers a range of campaign issues, from fundraising to field organizing to legal considerations.

Author : Sandra Tassel
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781610911290

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The Conservation Program Handbook by Sandra Tassel Pdf

Between 1996 and 2007, voters approved almost $24 billion for local government park, open space, and other conservation purposes. Despite this substantial sum for land protection, there was at that time no book available to guide officials as they implemented voters’ mandates. The Conservation Program Handbook was written in response to numerous requests to The Trust for Public Land for exactly this type of guidance from community leaders who wanted to know how to effectively conserve their iconic landscapes. In addition, in November 2008, despite massive doses of terrible financial news, voters across the U.S. approved land conservation funding measures. It was a record-breaking year for land protection financing, with voters demonstrating substantial support for open space ballot measures despite the economic and fiscal crisis of the time. The Conservation Program Handbook is a manual that provides all of the information—on a broad spectrum of topics—that conservation professionals are likely to encounter. It compiles and distills advice from professionals based on successful conservation efforts across the country, including a list of “best practices” for the most critical issues conservationists can expect to face. By providing information on how to do conservation work in the best possible manner, The Conservation Program Handbook has the goal of increasing the amount, quality, and pace of conservation being achieved by local governments throughout the nation.

Author : James N. Levitt,Shannon Meyer
Publisher : Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1558442073

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Conservation Capital in the Americas by James N. Levitt,Shannon Meyer Pdf

The history of significant advances in conservation and environmental protection reflects ebbs and flows of activity. Over the past 150 years, the United States has seen opportunities arise to create landmark change in conservation and environmental policy and practice every 30 to 40 years. Now, as evidence of global warming becomes ever more undeniable, the entire international community seems poised to take meaningful action to achieve economic, social, and environmental security. In January 2009, more than 100 conservationists and policy makers assembled for a four-day conference on "Conservation Capital in the Americas." Attendees included senior executives of global conservation groups that had completed deals protecting hundreds of thousands of hectares, as well as first-year college students. The focus of their conversations is the heart of this book: How do we find the financial capital-as well as the human, social, and natural capital-to steward the earth's resources for this and future generations? Where do we find the money, the talent, and the political will to do the jobs necessary to address complex threats to ecosystems that provide a spectrum of essential services that sustain life? The answers to these questions are neither simple nor uniform. Carefully crafted solutions will need to fit a dizzying array of local land ownership patterns, political contexts, and economic conditions. New approaches to conservation finance, from the art of conservation deal-making to the practice of sustainable development, are being invented and implemented around the world every day. The case analyses that form the basis of this book are organized in pairs, with a case from North America and Latin America for each of the seven topics. This book is published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in collaboration with Island Press, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045401895

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Land Conservation Fund by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Outdoor recreation
ISBN : MINN:31951P00787856W

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Land and Water Conservation Fund by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation Pdf

Committee Serial No. 4. Considers legislation to establish a land and water conservation fund for outdoor recreation projects development.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Motorboats
ISBN : LOC:00139387120

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Land and Water Conservation Fund by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045167041

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Loan Insurance Authorization for Land Conservation and Improvment by United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Outdoor recreation
ISBN : UIUC:30112060654446

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Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Considers S. 1401 and related S. 2828, S. 531, and S. 1826, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Mineral Leasing Act to provide revenue to assist states and Federal agencies in acquiring and developing outdoor parks and recreation land and water areas.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045396475

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Land and Water Conservation Fund by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Federal aid to outdoor recreation
ISBN : UCAL:$B643771

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Land and Water Conservation Fund by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : LOC:00088246263

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Preserving and Protecting Our Natural Resources by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045402786

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Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Scientific and Technical Criteria for Federal Acquisition of Lands for Conservation
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309048361

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Setting Priorities for Land Conservation by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Scientific and Technical Criteria for Federal Acquisition of Lands for Conservation Pdf

This book responds to a congressional request to evaluated criteria by which land is acquired under the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The committee reviews criteria and procedures by which four agencies acquire lands for conservation; examines the historic, public policy, and scientific bases of criteria and compares them with nongovernmental organizations; and assesses the effectiveness of the agencies in preserving natural resources while achieving agency objectives.