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CONSERVATION
PLANNING A Guide to Meaningful Engagement
M A R G A R E T O’G O R M A N
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STRATEGIC CORPORATE CONSERVATION PLANNING
STRATEGIC CORPORATE CONSERVATION PLANNING A Guide to Meaningful Engagement
MARGAR ET O’GOR MAN
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2020 Margaret O’Gorman All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, Suite 650, 2000 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Island Press is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Control Number: 2019946445 All Island Press books are printed on environmentally responsible materials. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Keywords business drivers, community engagement, conservation partnerships, corporate citizenship, corporate conservation, corporate conservation plan, corporate lands, corporate social responsibility, corporate STEM education, corporate sustainability, ecological remediation, environmental education, nature-based climate solutions, nature-based solutions, pollinator gardens, social license to operate, strategic conservation plan, sustainability key performance indicator
For MIKE For my mom, MARY For every corporate conservationist bending and breaking the rules to get the job done.
CONTENTS
Prefacexi
01 An Evolving Relationship
1
02 Understanding Business Drivers
23
03 Scale and Perspective
59
04 The Process
83
05 Obstacles and How to Overcome Them
117
06 Monitoring, Metrics, and Recognition
149
07 Education
175
08 Climate Change
203
09 Building a Culture of Corporate Conservation
227
Acknowledgments235 Notes237 Index249
PREFACE My journey to understanding how essential it is to build healthier relationships between business and the environment began when I was working at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA) in New Jersey. PPA’s mission is to protect 1.1 million acres of ecological significance in a state scarred by its industrial history, dominated by suburban sprawl, and subjected to constant pressure from development of all types. New Jersey is an ideal place to begin to understand the needs and opportunities for ecological action in settings that are not pristine, not protected, and not wilderness. To learn about environmental issues in New Jersey is to learn in a place where no corner of the state has been left untouched by humans, and it is to learn about the legacy of industry across a state industrialized since the first European migrants arrived on its bountiful shores. To know environmental issues in New Jersey is to know the Ciba Geigy plant in Tom’s River, where illegally dumped pollutants leach
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