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Motivations Influencing the Adoption of Conservation Easements
Conservation Biology, 2011Abstract: The use of conservation easements as a conservation mechanism for private land has increased greatly in the past decade; conservation easements now protect over 15 million ha across the United States from residential and commercial development. We used a mailed survey and in‐depth telephone interviews
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Conservation Easements in a Changing Climate
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017Conservation easements are increasingly being used both for traditional conservation purposes and as a tool for critical climate change mitigation and adaptation. Because land use decisions are generally made at the local level, environmental and conservation stakeholders should consider using easements as a hedge against inactive or regressive federal
Laurie Ristino +2 more
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Effectiveness of conservation easements in agricultural regions
Conservation Biology, 2017Abstract Conservation easements are a standard technique for preventing habitat loss, particularly in agricultural regions with extensive cropland cultivation, yet little is known about their effectiveness. I developed a spatial econometric approach to propensity‐score matching and used the approach to estimate the amount of habitat ...
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The Welfare Impacts of a Conservation Easement
2014The welfare impacts of a conservation easement are examined in a real options model. The size of the easement payment to the landowner largely determines the efficiency of the easement outcome. An inefficiently small payment results in states where rejection of the easement by the landowner reduces welfare.
Vercammen, James, Vercammen, James
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Conservation Covenants and Easements
Conservation covenants and easements are legal mechanisms for private landholders to contribute to long-term protection of natural values. This book furnishes a unique international legal and policy study of how covenants and easements in seven jurisdictions are supporting global biodiversity goals, and it considers how they may address new challenges ...Benjamin J. Richardson +5 more
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Designing and Applying Conservation Easements
Journal of the American Planning Association, 1994Abstract While the optimum role of conservation easements in planning remains unclear, data from the experience of land trusts suggest the tool has sufficient potential to merit serious consideration by planning professionals. Although planners are generally familiar with conservation easements, more attention to how they are designed and applied in ...
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Syndicated Conservation Easements Update
Bruce R. Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel, 2020By letters dated September 17, the IRS commissioner provided updated statistics on the syndicated conservation easement listed transaction to the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee. Much of this data is derived from filed reportable transaction disclosure statements (Form 8886). Here are some of these statistics.
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Conservation Easement Tax Credits
State and Local Government Review, 2012Public concern about urban sprawl has spurred states to offer incentives for land preservation, such as state income tax credits granted to donors of conservation easements. This study examines the effect of these tax credits on conservation easement donations to regional land trust organizations in the lower forty-eight states during the period from ...
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The Conservation Easement Tax Expenditure: In Search of Conservation Value
2012Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 37 No.
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Conservation Easements and the Valuation Conundrum
Florida Tax Review, 2018The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) first officially sanctioned a charitable income tax deduction for the donation of a conservation easement in 1964. In 1980, Congress enacted § 170(h), which authorizes a deduction for the donation of a conservation easement or a façade easement that is “granted in perpetuity” to a government entity or charitable ...
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