Five benefits of land and water
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Economic Benefits of Land Conservation
The conservation of natural lands and of working farms and forests can generate financial returns, both to governments and individuals, and create significant cost savings.
In addition to health and food benefits, conserving land increases property values near greenbelts, saves tax dollars by encouraging more efficient development, and reduces the need for expensive water filtration facilities. Study after study has demonstrated the tremendous economic benefits of land conservation.
Conserving natural lands, working farms and forests, and the creation of trails and parks are often viewed in terms of their costs. Yet these often generate financial returns, both to governments and individuals, and create significant cost savings to governments in the provision in services. Preservation projects can have a greater economic return than the money initially invested into the project. This is not meant to state that conservation is always good and development always bad. Nor is it meant to diminish the importance of the environmental reasons for conservation.
HeadWaters Land Conservancy Helps Our Community
By helping individuals protect community resources that come from the land – water, food security, wildlife, and places for recreation and reflection
Promoting stronger local communities by giving citizens the knowledge and support they need to reach out and work with their neighbors to protect the local places they need and love
Serving as a part of a national community of land trust staff, volunteers, members and advocates committed to private land conservation across the country
The conservation of natural lands and of working farms and forests can generate financial returns, both to governments and individuals, and create significant cost savings.
In addition to health and food benefits, conserving land increases property values near greenbelts, saves tax dollars by encouraging more efficient development, and reduces the need for expensive water filtration facilities. Study after study has demonstrated the tremendous economic benefits of land conservation.
Conserving natural lands, working farms and forests, and the creation of trails and parks are often viewed in terms of their costs. Yet these often generate financial returns, both to governments and individuals, and create significant cost savings to governments in the provision in services. Preservation projects can have a greater economic return than the money initially invested into the project. This is not meant to state that conservation is always good and development always bad. Nor is it meant to diminish the importance of the environmental reasons for conservation.
HeadWaters Land Conservancy Helps Our Community
By helping individuals protect community resources that come from the land – water, food security, wildlife, and places for recreation and reflection
Promoting stronger local communities by giving citizens the knowledge and support they need to reach out and work with their neighbors to protect the local places they need and love
Serving as a part of a national community of land trust staff, volunteers, members and advocates committed to private land conservation across the country
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