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The Georgia Conservancy's land conservation program was launched in 2011. The Conservancy believes that land conservation is a key to protecting Georgia's water resources, its plants and animals, and its citizens. The Georgia Conservancy advocates for local, state and federal policies that encourage land conservation.
The Georgia Land Conservation Program (GLCP) works to permanently protect land and water resources in the U.S. state of Georgia through public/private partnerships. [1] Created in 2005 by former Governor Sonny Perdue through the Georgia Land Conservation Act, [ 2 ] the GLCP provides grants, low-interest loans, and tax credits to achieve ...
Parismina, main street, Costa Rica. Conservation development, also known as conservation design, is a controlled-growth land use development that adopts the principle for allowing limited sustainable development while protecting the area's natural environmental features in perpetuity, including preserving open space landscape and vista, protecting farmland or natural habitats for wildlife, and ...
Grant-funded habitat project dedicated to birds is planned for 11 acres on Blanchard Road.
The purpose of an open space reserve may include the preservation or conservation of a community or region's rural natural or historic character; the conservation or preservation of a land or water area for the sake of recreational, ecological, environmental, aesthetic, or agricultural interests; or the management of a community or region's ...
This is a list of Georgia state forests. In the state of Georgia, all state forests are managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission. All state forests are operated under a multiple-use Forest Stewardship management plan. This takes into account the wood product, wildlife, recreational, soil, aesthetic, historical, and cultural resources of the ...
The oldest of these – now known as the Lagodekhi Protected Areas – dates back to 1912, when Georgia was part of the Russian Empire. The total area of Georgia's protected terrestrial territories is 6,501 km 2 (2,510 sq mi), which amounts to approximately 9.29% of the country's territory.
“Just look at the potential for rural development in the state. It's all over.” To do that effectively though, the panel argued that more tax credits are needed, both in rural Georgia and in ...