Concerns in South Carolina:
Extreme weather patterns becoming the norm
Real property destruction
Citizen deaths
Infrastructure breaches, failures and decimation
Loss of revenues from industry and tourism
Major economic, social and environmental disruption
Massive capital costs for redemption
Racial and economic disparities
Ghost Forests
Solutions:
Customized for Landscapes and Landowners
Focusing on priority landscapes in South Carolina watersheds, there is not a “one size fits all” solution. Instead, we work with landowners to assess opportunities and challenges unique to the landscape and to the landowner. Working with a variety of landowners, from multi-generational family lands, to corporate and public lands, there are a variety of pathways to explore for maximum conservation impact. Landscapes are as dynamic as landowners. We strive to understand the ecosystem of landowner and landscape, to identify viable solutions customized for the specifics of each client. Elements of successful solutions include
Healthy lands with improved ability to respond to changing landscape conditions.
Sustainable and resilient circular economy
Place based solutions
Private sector innovation
Solutions for the cause, not the effects
All stakeholders represented in an inclusive Conservation Capital economy
Initiatives the drive positive impact for each stakeholder but when one “wins” all win
Utilize business and economics as well as philanthropy
Unlock All Capital Flow Choke Points
Create a land value based circular economy that places economic, social, and environmental balance at its core
Conservation as a driver of Economic Development
Case Studies
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Healthy land stewardship helps drive a sustainable future and higher property values.
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A conservation easement is a legal agreement between a property owner and a conservation organization, generally a private nonprofit land trust, that restricts the type and amount of development that can be undertaken on that property. Conservation easements protect land for future generations while allowing owners to retain property rights, at the same time providing them with significant tax benefits. Conservation easements are among the fastest growing methods of land preservation in the United States today.
Protecting the Land provides a thoughtful examination of land trusts and how they function, and a comprehensive look at the past and future of conservation easements. The book:
provides a geographical and historical overview of the role of conservation easements
analyzes relevant legislation and its role in achieving community conservation goals
examines innovative ways in which conservation easements have been used around the country
considers the links between social and economic values and land conservation
Contributors, including noted tax attorney and land preservation expert Stephen Small, Colorado's leading land preservation attorney Bill Silberstein, and Maine Coast Heritage Trust's general counsel Karin Marchetti, describe and analyze the present status of easement law. Sharing their unique perspectives, experts including author and professor of geography Jack Wright, Dennis Collins of the Wildlands Conservancy, and Chuck Roe of the Conservation Trust of North Carolina offer case studies that demonstrate the flexibility and diversity of conservation easements. Protecting the Land offers a valuable overview of the history and use of conservation easements and the evolution of easement-enabling legislation for professionals and citizens working with local and national land trusts, legal advisors, planners, public officials, natural resource mangers, policymakers, and students of planning and conservation.pic is linked already but can add more link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNx3p1KNlzE
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