“This book is right on the mark. Big corporate landowners need to learn more about the natural resources we own and control because we own land. There is unrealized value in these resources and the opportunity to do something with very long-term benefits.” — David Brand, Chief Executive Officer, New Forests Asset Management Pty Limited, North Sydney, Australia
Steve Small’s book is a wonderful primer, and a wonderful handout, for those of us who would like to see new financial markets open up to the conservation community. Steve’s mix of techniques and approaches is challenging and exciting.” — Ted Ladd, Chartered Financial Analyst and Director, Land Trust Alliance
“’What’s Next’ is geared to land conservation professionals and some key finance people, and is a written in a comfortable style that is the next best thing to having a long lunch or drinks to ‘talk shop’ with land conservation icon/tax attorney Steve Small. Small thinks big and is itching for the next bold leap forward in saving land. In the book, Steve does not do all of the talking – he touches on provocative ideas and invites the reader to weigh in and participate in the next innovations of the business of open space.”
“We need a bigger toolbox to increase land conservation in this country. Steve Small’s book has good advice and powerful ideas. Now we all need to implement these ideas.”
“Steve Small’s book is really a call to action. Our clients want more investments that provide a good rate of return and protect land and all of its environmental benefits. This type of financial product could fuel a revolution in land conservation and finance.”
“Steve Small has been a pioneer in finding creative ways to use finance to conserve natural areas. And his book is a must read for all who are interested in finding new ways for the financial world and the conservation world to work more closely together, which I believe is a key to protecting our natural resources.” — Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Chairman of the Paulson Institute, former Secretary of the Treasury, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs, and former Chairman of the Board of The Nature Conservancy
