Securing Open Space for Urban America: Conservation Easements
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Conservation easements: biodiversity protection and private use.
Conservation easements are one of the primary tools for conserving biodiversity on private land. Despite their increasing use, little quantitative data are available on what species and habitats conservation easements aim to protect, how much structural development they allow, or what types of land use they commonly permit. To address these knowledge gaps, we surveyed staff responsible for 119 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bird-Banding
سال: 1960
ISSN: 0006-3630
DOI: 10.2307/4510826