Protecting the Places We Love

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.