LPDD Recommendation: “The federal government could institute urban growth boundaries around cities of a certain population, or develop other density and urban infill requirements for American cities.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could require the use of forested or vegetative buffer zones to protect watersheds in agricultural areas, reducing nonpoint source water pollution, while creating small carbon sinks that could be significant when aggregated.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress could restrict the conversion of “natural” forests to monoculture plantations.”
LPDD Recommendation: “To maintain forest and agricultural lands, state legislatures may develop programs to prohibit development of lands in one area and allow the transfer of development rights to other areas.”