Resilient Lands Matter
Resilient Lands Matter

Solutions

Concerns in South Carolina:

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  • Extreme weather patterns becoming the norm

  • Real property destruction

  • Citizen deaths

  • Infrastructure breaches, failures and decimation

  • Loss of revenues from industry and tourism

  • Major economic, social and environmental disruption

  • Massive capital costs for redemption

  • Racial and economic disparities

Solutions: Customized for Landscapes and Landowners

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Focusing on priority landscapes in South Carolina watersheds, there is not a “one size fits all” solution. Instead, we work with landowners to assess opportunities and challenges unique to the landscape and to the landowner. Working with a variety of landowners, from multi-generational family lands, to corporate and public lands, there are a variety of pathways to explore for maximum conservation impact. Landscapes are as dynamic as landowners. We strive to understand the ecosystem of landowner and landscape, to identify viable solutions customized for the specifics of each client. Elements of successful solutions include

  • Healthy lands with improved ability to respond to changing landscape conditions.

  • Sustainable and resilient circular economy

  • Place based solutions

  • Private sector innovation

  • Solutions for the cause, not the effects

  • All stakeholders represented in an inclusive Conservation Capital economy

  • Initiatives the drive positive impact for each stakeholder but when one “wins” all win

  • Utilize business and economics as well as philanthropy

  • Unlock All Capital Flow Choke Points

  • Create a land value based circular economy that places economic, social, and environmental balance at its core

  • Conservation as a driver of Economic Development

Bringing A Unique Perspective To Resilient Solutions

This model explores how decision-makers interact, and each of their roles. This allows us to lay out a more complete and holistic path forward. Inclusive stakeholder engagement considers both those impacting the outcome of decisions and those who are impacted by decisions. To understand this we look at the stakeholder engagement ecosystem in the three ways shown below. With improved resiliency at a systemic level, more effective change can occur.

 

The model above shows a representation of our complete ecosystem approach to stakeholder engagement. The circles represent decision-makers, the color-coded arrows show the type and direction of influence (money, information, influence). (For example, governments can incentivize private action with carrot/stick approach, landowners have influence in voting who has that elected authority). All the decisions people make, ultimately have an impact on the land and water, and the resources they provide. Resilient Lands Matter advocates for healthy land and water, and the rights of landowners to voluntarily improve the resiliency of the lands they own for improved resiliency long term. Private voluntary action provides a positive direct or indirect impact to all the stakeholders.

 
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The model to the left shows the expanded Land Owner ‘node’. The upper green bubbles represent those that make up the Land Ower group. The lower bubbles represent the decision-makers that the Land Owner group has influence over. Scroll over each bubble for more information. The full set of expanded models are displayed under the Communities tab.

 

Here we consider the flow of money. Similar webs for the flow of influence and information are on the Communities tab. A chokehold occurs when any of these three flows are disconnected between stakeholders.

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Healthy land stewardship helps drive a sustainable future and higher property values.