Land
Conservation
Association

Mission

Produce robust and actionable scientific knowledge; promote environmentally and economically sound land use policies

Projects

Reports and stakeholder engagement.

Team

Our team brings deep expertise on assessing land use and land use policy worldwide.

Impact

New insights about how land is used and the environmental and social outcomes; evidence driven policy making about land use.

Our Mission

To advance sustainable land use in commodity production landscapes worldwide by producing robust, relevant, and actionable scientific knowledge and promoting environmentally and economically sound land use policies.

Contributing Members

Lisa Rausch

Founder

Dr. Lisa Rausch is a scientist in the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she leads research on drivers of deforestation and the outcomes of zero-deforestation policies in Latin America for the GIbbs Land Use and Environment (GLUE) lab.

Holly Gibbs

Founder

Dr. Holly Gibbs is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she directs a large team of scientists and students in the Global Land Use and Environment Lab. She is a Land System Scientist who studies how and why people use land around the world and what these changes mean for the future of our planet. 

Contact Us
Land Conservation Association
646 Gately  Te​rrace
Madison, WI 53711

Phone: 202-430-4456
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