Cases / Protected area / relocation · United States · 2003
US Senate probes Nature Conservancy land sales to its own trustees
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Senator Chuck Grassley sought answers from The Nature Conservancy in 2003 about insider land deals, in which conservation land was sold to its own trustees at discounts. The sources reviewed give no figures for the land involved.
What?
The US Senate inquired into The Nature Conservancy's sale of conservation land to its own trustees at discounted prices. US Senate (Grassley)
Where?
United States US Senate (Grassley)
When?
Inquiry in July 2003 US Senate (Grassley)
Who?
Gained
- TNC trustees (insiders) — received conservation land at discounted prices US Senate (Grassley)
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Conservation land sold to the organisation's trustees at discounted prices. US Senate (Grassley)
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
The US Senate, through Senator Chuck Grassley, sought answers from The Nature Conservancy in July 2003 about insider land transactions, according to the Senate release.
The inquiry examined the sale of conservation land to the organisation's own trustees at discounted prices.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: a 1.55 million dollar home loan to the organisation's chief executive, cited to the Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Senate.
- None on record The number, location and value of the land sales are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The outcome of the inquiry is not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Grassley seeks answers on Nature Conservancy donations and dealsUS Senate (Grassley) · Jul 2003
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