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The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a US nonprofit organization that facilitates and funds the creation of parks and protected lands. The organization originally differentiated itself from other environmental organizations and land trusts with a particular emphasis on human community benefits as opposed to wildlife, ecosystem, or agricultural landscape preservation. However, the scope of the organization's activities now commonly encompasses the latter values as well. The organization has been involved with more than 5,300 park and conservation projects in 47 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands since 1972.〔“The Trust for Public Land: Celebrating 40 Years of Conserving Land for People,” Land&People 24, no. 2 (2012):14.〕 The trust’s projects bring land into public or protected ownership for parks, trails, natural areas, watersheds, river and waterfront access, and productive farms and forests. The trust also oversees the planning and construction of city parks and urban placemaking projects and raises local, state, and national funds for conservation.〔The Trust for Public Land, “Initiatives,” http://www.tpl.org/what-we-do/initiatives/〕 Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the trust maintains more than 30 offices and 300 staff nationwide. == Initiatives == The trust’s projects and programs fall into three broad initiative areas: * ''Parks for People'' – creating parks, playgrounds, trails, gardens, and natural areas in cities and suburbs * ''Land and Water'' – conserving wilderness, coasts, riverways, and watersheds * ''Working Lands'' – protecting productive farms and forests, often through the use of conservation easements that restrict development while allowing farming or sustainable forestry to continue.〔The Trust for Public Land, “Initiatives,” http://www.tpl.org/what-we-do/initiatives/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Trust for Public Land」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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