Legal Defense Fund

The Laguna San Ignacio Conservation Alliance is establishing the first legal conservation agreements in Mexico with integrated legal defense fund accounts. The International Community Foundation will manage these accounts within the Laguna San Ignacio Conservation Trust. The funds will be utilized exclusively to legally enforce and defend the terms and conditions of the conservation easements against all internal and external parties. Pronatura is granted full legal power to enforce and defend the terms and conditions of the executed legal conservation strucLaguna San Ignacio Conservation Alliance 16 Conservation Plan 2006 tures under the terms and conditions of the conservation easements. The legal defense fund accounts for three violations per year for five years and includes lawyer’s fees and expenses, and court costs.