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Conservation Resources Inc. (CRI) is a non-profit organization
providing financial and technical services to the conservation
community in New Jersey.
© Dwight Hiscano
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CRI features and markets New Jersey's exemplary land
conservation and stewardship projects in seven Geographic
Funds representing the entire Garden State.
These Featured Projects provide a means for philanthropic individuals, foundations,
and corporations to efficiently spend charitable capital
on conservation projects.
CRI pre-screens
Featured Projects and provides project oversight and technical
assistance to the sponsoring conservation
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In addition to technical assistance, CRI helps to administer
the Open Space Institute's
NJ Conservation Loan Program,which provides critical bridge
financing to non-profit conservation organizations for land
conservation projects.
Many of the Featured Projects
also meet the strict criteria for penalty
settlements or natural resource damage (NRD) claims. CRI
has developed standard agreements with responsible parties
and regulators to enable us to provide essential project oversight
for all featured land conservation, stewardship, and restoration
projects. In addition to penalty and NRD claims, CRI works
with regulators and corporations to facilitate supplemental
environmental projects and other innovative means for financing
conservation such as carbon sequestration projects.
CRI also provides consulting services to government
agencies involved in conservation and land use matters
as well as to landowners who
are interested in land conservation. |
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