Tactic
Mitigation
Preserve Undeveloped Land and Vegetation
Put land into long-term conservation
Options
...with a conservation easement.
...with a land trust.
...with a land donation.
...with a private reserve.
Case Study
Today, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a 90,000-acre park straddling the inlet to San Francisco Bay. In the 60s, as development pressures were increasing on private lands, several nonprofits and land trusts acquired land for conservation. These were consolidated with military surplus lands in a proposal to make an urban national park. SWA Group completed a comprehensive inventory and analysis of natural, social, and cultural resources in the Northern Unit, and made recommendations for strategic land conservation and management. Today, the GGNRA sequesters more than 75,000 metric tons of CO2 annually.
