2024 Land Conservation Trends in Permanence
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About This Document
The Land Trust Alliance Conservation Defense Initiative offers support, guidance, resources, tools and leadership to land trusts across America to uphold conservation permanence. This starts with daily routine prevention and continues with skillful, timely dispute resolution and litigation when land trusts face more serious and sustained challenges. Identifying and triaging legal trends is an important aspect of this approach.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission was incorporated in April 2006 as an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance to operate an innovative program to build and recognize strong land trusts, foster public confidence in land conservation and help ensure the long-term protection of land. The Commission's mission is to inspire excellence, promote public trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality standards and strive for continuous improvement.
The Commission and the Conservation Defense Initiative staff monitor trends and act as sounding boards for land trust staff and volunteers and their advisors. This trend sheet distills current 2024 trends.
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