Recommended Videos Article content Types of contracts for conservation employed in Alberta include lease agreements, management agreements, land-use exchanges, conservation easements, restrictive covenants, sales or donations to land trusts (or non-profits or government), or outright ecological gifts at the Federal level. Where landowners wish to protect cherished farms and ranches beyond their own eventual demise, these are the go-to options of choice. Unfortunately, not all lands set aside by provincial or municipal governments are protected from development, and the lure of resource royalties is still a driving factor unless multiple layers of stakeholder can provide that higher level of care. The other challenge is the financial sponsorship of some project lands, still requi

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