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NON-PROFIT LAND TRUSTS, CONSERVANCIES, AND PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
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- The Nature Conservancy
- Conservation Trust of North Carolina
- Land Trust Alliance
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NON-PROFIT LAND TRUSTS, CONSERVANCIES, AND PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONSThere are myriad non-profit organizations operating in North Carolina that aspire to preserve, conserve, and enhance natural areas in our State. They use a wide variety of innovative techniques, including acquisition through purchase, easements and deed restrictions, securing tax benefits for donors, and other methods to protect the land. Many have specific goals, such as water quality protection, farm preservation or species habitat conservation. Others are focused on preserving open space for recreation, education or aesthetics. These organizations draw on a wide variety of funding sources, including private donations, charitable bequests, corporate sponsorship, federal and state grants, the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund, and the North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust Fund, among others. While few of these organizations target hazardous lands per se, nevertheless their goals often coincide with mitigation. NCDEM has the capacity to reach out more aggressively to non-profit land trusts and other preservation organizations to merge mitigation with conservation in its acquisition programs. The Division continues to establish working relationships with members of the environmental community, and is drawing on the technical expertise of the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA) in this endeavor. CGIA has developed a comprehensive database of land managed for conservation by federal, state, regional, local, and non-profit organizations. CGIA is currently mapping land trust acquisitions across the State as part of the inventory, and is coordinating with the Division to identify where conservation areas overlap with flood hazard areas. While non-profit conservation and land trust organizations that operate in North Carolina are too numerous to list, some of the more significant organizations include the following: The Nature ConservancyThe mission of the Nature Conservancy is carried out through partnerships, alliances, and collaborations with a variety of state and federal agencies, land trusts, and conservation groups. The North Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has protected over 105 sites, comprising more than half a million acres of critical natural lands across the State. While the Nature Conservancy focuses on acquiring wild land for conservation purposes in North Carolina, these lands are frequently wetlands and other areas in floodplains subject to inundation. In addition, many of the lands acquired by the Nature Conservancy are vulnerable to wildfire, and the Conservancy owns coastal properties subject to storm surges. A few of its mountain lands are subject to landslides, but since it does not develop the land or remove the vegetation, these are rare.
Established in 1991, the Conservation Trust for North Carolina is a statewide land trust that works with communities, landowners, land trusts, and other conservation organizations to protect and conserve North Carolina’s natural and cultural resources. CTNC partners with local land trusts, providing technical assistance, small grants, educational materials, and workshops to build local and regional capacity to protect more land resources. CTNC also leads statewide land and water protection programs such as farm and rural community preservation, water quality protection planning, and resource protection initiatives. Land Trust AllianceFounded in 1982, the Land Trust Alliance is the national leader of the private land conservation movement, promoting voluntary land conservation across the country and providing responsible leadership and training to the Nation’s 1,200-plus non-profit, grassroots land trusts, helping them protect important open spaces. The Land Trust Alliance provides an array of programs, including grants to land trusts, training programs, technical assistance, and one-on-one mentoring to help land trusts build organizations that protect open spaces. V. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY CAPABILITYThis Section of the Capability Assessment contains a brief overview of a few of the programs, organizations and activities that make businesses and industries in North Carolina less vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards. In addition to programs initiated by the State, this Section also describes various private-sector associations and trade groups that assist their members in a variety of ways, including increasing resiliency to natural hazards. The State of North Carolina must be more aggressive in seeking the active involvement of business and industry leaders in formulating and implementing state hazard mitigation policy. A few private business and industry groups are represented on the State Hazard Mitigation Advisory Group. However, without further endorsement by the private sector, many of the policies and strategies that are proposed in the State Hazard Mitigation Plan may be opposed. The private sector must be convinced of the cost effectiveness of hazard mitigation. Business and industry leaders must be made aware of the fundamental premise of mitigation strategy, that current dollars invested in mitigation will significantly reduce the demand for future dollars by reducing the amount needed for recovery from the next hazard event. The private sector must also be made aware of the need to obtain adequate insurance coverage to cover losses that cannot be mitigated against. Natural disasters can be very expensive for businesses that are unprepared. There is the potential for huge losses due to damaged structures and equipment, lost inventory, closed shops and offices, displaced employees, disruptions in shipping and transit, shifts in customer base, and other impacts that effect a company’s bottom line, or that might even result in permanent closure. The private sector is indeed a stakeholder in the State’s efforts to increase resiliency to natural hazards, but its representatives must be brought to the table in order to contribute to those efforts. Directory: div div -> 9th May 1950 the schuman declaration div -> Supplemental demographic information div -> Introduction A. Purpose & Authority div -> This section includes changes made during the 2013 update div -> General occupational safety and health rules subdivision z toxic and hazardous substances div -> Computer Basics What is a computer div -> Mobile county, alabama regular board meeting div -> Privacy: Campus Living & Technology Download 1 Mb. Share with your friends:
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