Protecting the Places We Love - Conservation Strategies for Entrusted Lands and Parks

Many special places are at risk for being changed or lost. They require urgent action and bold, modern conservation strategies.

Modern conservation goals require swift, strategic action. In Protecting the Places We Love: Conservation Strategies for Entrusted Lands and Parks, conservationist and geospatial designer Breece Robertson shares vision, experience, examples, and myriad resources along a modern path toward better conservation results.

See how smart analysis and targeted action better identify places needing protection. Understand better how to maximize partnerships, inspire, educate, and engage communities and donors. Produce better outcomes because of these modern strategies. Robertson's tools, many of them free, feel quickly accessible, effective, and adaptable to new or existing conservation strategies. 

• Create maps that tell compelling stories to stakeholders and the public.


• Map, model, and analyze land characteristics to enhance biodiversity, connectivity, and climate resilience.


• Use maps and data to gain insights for fundraising, program initiatives, policy, advocacy, finances, and marketing.


• Analyze equity and access and show the economic benefits.

Protecting the Places We Love is perfect for citizens, and for conservation advocates and professionals at small to medium-sized land trusts, conservation organizations, and park agencies. Examples from land protection organizations all over the globe provide field-tested approaches to improve strategic effectiveness. 

List of contents

Foreword by Laura Dangermond

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1          Maps: Turning Data into Conservation Stories

Chapter 2          Enhancing Urban Park and Green Space Systems: Access, Equity, Biodiversity, and Connectivity

Chapter 3          Climate Resilience, Green Infrastructure Parks, and Conservation

Chapter 4          Conserving and Connecting Landscapes for People and Nature

Chapter 5          Engaging Communities to Support Conservation and Parks

Chapter 6          Building Strategy and Impact into Your Conservation and Park Plans

Chapter 7          Evaluating and Tracking Conservation Impacts using Data, Science, and GIS

Chapter 8          Online Data and Tools for Conservation and Parks Efforts

Chapter 9          Using GIS to Power and Support Organizational Operations

Chapter 10       The Road Ahead

About the author

Breece Robertson has over twenty years’ experience building and leading strategic initiatives that combine cutting-edge technologies, research, and planning to support progress in the park, conservation, and environmental fields. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Summary

Protecting special places that are in danger of being lost forever requires urgent action. It’s time for bold conservation strategies to accelerate land protection around the world.

Foreword

• Endorsements from The Nature Conservancy, The Trust for Public Land, and Lincoln Institute for Land Policy


• Edelweiss Earth Day webinar (4/22)


• Video with GIS technology icon, Jack Dangermond (release TBD)


• Book trailer video (on YouTube)


• Targeted email campaign to Esri conservation industry list (July)


• Promotion to membership of conservation organizations including TNC, TPL, and Lincoln.


• Looking to put the book in front of REI and similar outdoor retailers.


• Social media: Twitter and Facebook


• Facilitating digital review copies to bloggers/reviewers


• Promotion at events where author is presenting:
  
  
  
  
  • United Nations Climate Change Conference
  
  
  • Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 75th Anniversary events
  
  
  • Land Trust Alliance 2021
  
  
  
  


• Other targets:
  
  
  
  • Society for Conservation GIS
  
  
  • Jane Goodall Institute
  
  
  • E.O. Wilson Foundation
  
  
  • American Planning Association
  
  
  • American Society of Landscape Architects
  
  
  • 2021 Esri User Conference
  
  
  • Author book tour(?)
  
  
  
  

Additional text

“Protecting the Places We Love provides a brilliant road map forward for anyone who is curious about a world where fresh air, majestic landscapes, and human connection can help solve our most intractable social challenges.”

 —Diane Regas, President and CEO of The Trust for Public Land

Product details

• Authors: Breece Robertson
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.2021
• EAN: 9781589486164
• ISBN: 978-1-58948-616-4
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Conservation of the environment, Geographical information systems & remote sensing