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Conservation Covenants and Easements

Year: 2026
Type: book
Abstract: Conservation covenants and easements are legal mechanisms for private landholders to contribute to long-term protection of natural values. This book furnishes a unique international legal and policy study of how covenants and easements in seven jurisdictions are supporting global biodiversity goals, and it considers how they may address new challenges associated with ecosystem restoration and climate change. It compares laws in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States, countries where these mechanisms are increasingly used to support national and global goals of relevance to Earth System Governance. Through interjurisdictional comparison, the book analyses key themes, including recruitment and retention of landholders into conservation agreements, climate adaptation and compliance. This study also offers practical advice on potential directions for law reform or improved implementation of existing covenants and easements law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
DOI: 10.1017/9781009732123
Authors: Benjamin J. Richardson, Dominic Bilton, Afshin Akhtar-Khavari, Sarah Brugler, James A. Fitzsimons, Phillipa C. McCormack
Institutions: University of Tasmania, Queensland University of Technology, University of the South Pacific, Monash University, The Nature Conservancy, Deakin University, Adelaide University, The University of Adelaide
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Open Access status: hybrid
Funders: European Commission, University of Tasmania, Deakin University, Monash University, Queensland University of Technology, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government
OpenAlex ID: W7162253484
FWCI: 127.3
Cites: 123
Cited by: 6
Related to: 10