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1. Reinventing Conservation Easements

   A Critical Examination and Ideas for Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2005
   Jeff Pidot

   This working paper has been published as a Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report. No recent happening in land conservation rivals the deployment from coast-to-coast of conservation easements. Beyond...

2. The Value of Open Space

   Evidence from Studies of Nonmarket Benefits
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2005
   Virginia McConnell and Margaret Walls

   Open space provides a range of benefits to citizens of a community, beyond the benefits that accrue to private landowners. Parks and natural areas can be used for recreation; wetlands and forests...

3. Reinventing Conservation Easements

   A Critical Examination and Ideas for Reform
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2005
   Jeff Pidot

   Conservation easements represent one of the most rapid trends in land conservation. Beyond tax credits, tax deductions, and other public subsidies that provide financial incentive for landowners to...

4. From Walden to Wall Street

   Frontiers of Conservation Finance
   Libros
   Octubre 2005
   Edited by James N. Levitt

   In the absence of innovation in the field of conservation finance, a daunting funding gap faces conservationists aiming to protect America’s system of landscapes that provide sustainable...

5. Land Lines, April 2005

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2005
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores spatial development patterns in the context of the North American megapolis; current trends of U.S. conservation easements and possibilties for their reinvention; and the role of...

6. Reinventing Conservation Easements

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2005
   Jeff Pidot

   A conservation easement is private land, held by a private nonprofit corporation (typically a land trust) or a government agency. Though conservation easements are perceived as a win-win land...

7. Community Land Trusts

   Leasing Land for Affordable Housing
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2005
   Rosalind Greenstein and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz

   High land costs are an obstacle to developing and securing affordable housing for lower-income families. One way to address this issue is to purchase a house without the land, and a community land...