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There are several fundamental elements to running an effective, sustainable land trust organization. The Land Trust Alliance, a national organization which serves the land trust community, has compiled these fundamentals into a guidebook:
These standards and practices relate to the two main components of running a non-profit conservation organization: operations and programs. One set of practices provides guidance on maintaining an ethical, effective and efficient organizational structure, including fundraising, legal compliance and accountability. Other practices detail certain policies that all land trusts should have adopted regarding how their land conservation and management programs are implemented, funded and reviewed.
All land trusts should be familiar with the Standards and Practices, and should have as one of their organizational goals the adoption of at least the most basic of these guidelines.
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