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Conservation Capital in the Americas

Exemplary Conservation Finance Initiatives

Edited by James N. Levitt

January 2010, English

Conservation finance innovations are central to protecting ecosystems. Through case studies, this book shows environmentalists and policy makers how to find the financial, human, social, and natural capital to steward the earth's resources for future generations.

About the Editor

James N. Levitt is the associate director of  Land Conservation Programs at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and director of the program on conservation innovation at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University, in Petersham, Massachusetts.

Keywords

Conservation, Conservation Easements, Economic Development, Economics, Environmental Management, Environmental Planning, Forest Land, Growth Controls, Land Use, Land Use Planning, Natural Resources, Open Space