Perpetuity, Latent Ancillary Rights, and Carbon Offsets in Global Warming Era

This article makes two recommendations regarding the drafting of conservation easements in the age of global warming. The first recommendation relates to drafting language that will ensure perpetuity in conservation easements where the eased land has been adversely affected by global warming. The second recommendation relates to drafting conservation easement language that addresses “latent ancillary rights” in the eased land that pertain to global warming, for example the carbon sequestration process in forested land.