A private, non-profit conservation organization formed to protect natural resources, such as productive farm and forest land, natural areas, historic structures, and recreational areas. Land trusts purchase and accept donations of conservation easements. They educate the public about the need to conserve land, and some provide land-use and estate planning services to local governments and individual citizens.
Usage Example: “Public land trusts are an effective means of securing permanent sites for community gardens and entrepreneurial urban farms in the future.” (Kaufman & Bailkey, 2004, p. 196).
Resources: Davidson, M., & Dolnick, F. (Eds.). (1999). A Glossary of Zoning, Development, and Planning Terms. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association Planning Advisory Service.
Kaufman, J., & Bailkey, M. (2004). Farming Inside Cities through Entrepreneurial Urban Agriculture. In Greenstein & Sungu-Eryilmaz (Eds.), Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land (p. 177-199). Toronto: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
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