Defenders' Experts
Conservation Finance
Defenders contributes to current discussions on the status of public and private financing requirements and sources for the conservation of wildlife habitat on a national scale.
These reports present the results of a Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program (WHPRP) grant funded by the National Council for Science and the Environment. The reports consist of five state case studies and one synthesis report analyzing the extent to which land conservation expenditures and acreages have overlapped with conservation priorities outlined in each state’s Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP).
A spending efficiency analysis, a financial efficiency analysis of land protection costs, and a policy analysis are included in each report as well as recommendations as to how states can improve their land conservation strategies and alignment with the SWAPs.
Alignment of Land Conservation Spending with State Wildlife Action PlansThis report is two-fold: (1) to determine the extent to which spending on land conservation has aligned with the priorities in the SWAPs for five case study states (OR, MT, MO, FL, and MA); and (2) to synthesize the major findings from the case study states to assist other state SWAP coordinators in developing their land conservation system.
Land Conservation Spending in Florida in Relation to the State Wildlife Conservation StrategyOne of five state studies, this report describes and analyzes land conservation expenditures in the State of Florida for the 1998-2007 time period.
Land Conservation Spending in Massachusetts in Relation to the State Wildlife Conservation StrategyOne of five state studies, this report describes and analyzes land conservation expenditures in the State of Massachusetts for the 1998-2007 time period.
Land Conservation Spending in Oregon in Relation to the State Wildlife Conservatio StrategyOne of five state studies, this report describes and analyzes land conservation expenditures in the State of Oregon for the 1988-2007 time period.
Land Conservation Spending in Montana in Relation to the State Wildlife Conservation StrategyOne of five state studies, this report describes and analyzes land conservation expenditures in the State of Montana for the 1988-2007 time period.
Land Conservation Spending in Missouri in Relation to the State Wildlife Conservation StrategyOne of five state studies, this report describes and analyzes land conservation expenditures in the State of Missouri for the 1988-2007 time period.
Other various publications by Program on this topic include:
Lerner, Jeff, Janet Mackey, and Frank Casey. 2006. What’s in Noah’s wallet? Land conservation spending in the U.S. BioScience 57(5) forthcoming.
Casey, Frank. 2005. Contours of Conservation Finance in the United States at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century. In J. Levitt (ed.). From Walden to Wall Street: Frontiers of Conservation Finance. Island Press. Washington D.C. Pp. 37-50.
Shaffer, Mark L., J. Michael Scott, and Frank Casey. 2002. Noah’s options: Initial cost estimates of a national system of habitat conservation areas in the United States. BioScience 52(5):439-443.
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