Planning, Policy, Preservation A recent analysis of the effectiveness of several regulatory and land protection mechanisms provides evidence of their ability to work together to achieve focused conservation that provides both societal and natural resource benefits...
Policy, Preservation When the newly elected House of Representatives passed the FY2011 Federal Budget bill the cuts to programs protecting the nation's natural resources were so dramatic that they dealt a potentially devastating blow to conservation work in the U.S. So what exactly can citizens who care about conservation do about it?
Preservation, Research Last month, the Bay Area Open Space council (BAOSC) held their annual conference for member conservation groups working to protect and restore land in the San Francisco region. Commemorating the group's 20th year anniversary, the conference presented a number of interesting speakers on the future of the land conservation movement...
Planning, Preservation When it comes to protecting land by purchasing the property or the underlying development rights, there has been a growing push to create systematic approaches to prioritize efforts. A new study further contributes to these approaches by integrating another important social variable - the willingness of landowners to sell their property...
Preservation Organizations working to protect land have largely similar missions – to conserve natural resources, broadly defined, and provide public benefits. However when numerous organizations are working across the same geographic area on their own land protection projects, the question arises whether their cumulative efforts are achieving a successful outcome for conservation...
Agriculture, Preservation A new study looks at 52 conservation easements created by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in California rangelands from 1973 - 2006 to see how the approach of this land protection strategy has evolved over time. Specifically, the study focuses on the challenge of incorporating adaptive management into a legal document that sets restrictions on land use in perpetuity...
Birds, Preservation A new study from South Africa touches on an interesting conservation question about whether we should place greater importance on quality or quantity when it comes to protecting habitat to conserve biodiversity...
