The Endangered Species Act as a Tool to Conserve Biological Diversity
Tags: ENDANGERED species -- Law & legislation; WILDLIFE conservation
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- ESA makes wildlife a liability. // Forest Products Journal;Apr97, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p4
Focuses on the negative effects of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on wildlife protection in the United States.
- Battle Begins to Reauthorize Endangered Species Act. // National Parks;May/Jun85, Vol. 59 Issue 5/6, p36
Reports on the U.S. Congress' hearing on the proposed reauthorization of the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Opposition of western states to the proposal; Provisions of the act; Conservationists' belief the reauthorization could mean more funds for conservation of endangered species.
- Vanishing act. Kloor, Keith // Sciences;Sep/Oct99, Vol. 39 Issue 5, p14
Focuses on the laws that govern endangered species in the United States. Inadequacy of the Endangered Species Act in protecting the endangered animals; Need to protect entire habitats instead of individual species; Legislating a multispecies protection plan.
- Good land stewardship is a liability for cattle ranchers Hyde, Myra B. // Endangered Species Update;Mar1996, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p7
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- Canadian law won't help wanderers. Motluk, Alison // New Scientist;01/11/97, Vol. 153 Issue 2064, p9
Focuses on the debate concerning protection of rare species in Canada. Canadian House of Commons' debate on the proposed wildlife protection bill; Provinces that have laws to protect endangered species in Canada; Reaction of wildlife protection groups to the new draft law; Controversy over the...
- If people can adopt highways, why can't they care for critters too? Chase, Alston // Enterprise/Salt Lake City;05/25/98, Vol. 27 Issue 48, p21
Examines limitations of the 1996 Endangered Species Act and identifies ways to promote responsibility for wildlife in the United States. Proposal to downgraded some species from an endangered to a threatened designation; Encouragement of personal commitments to endangered species.
- Study: Endangered Species Act Works. Garvey, Charlotte S. // Rock Products;Oct2005, Vol. 108 Issue 10, p11
Presents the results of a study on the recovery of endangered or threatened species in the U.S. Correlation between progress in species recovery and the amount of public expenditure on recovery; Criticism of House Resources Chairman Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) on the Endangered Species Act.
- Defenders of Wildlife v. Norton: A Closer Look at the 'Significant Portion of Its Range' Concept. Maranzana, Linda C. // Ecology Law Quarterly;2002, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p263
Discusses the court case Defenders of Wildlife versus Norton. Legal background of the case; Contextual analysis of the term, significant portion of its range, contained in the U.S. Endangered Species Act's definition of endangered species; Information on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal's...
- The Latest and Greatest Commerce Clause Challenges to the Endangered Species Act: Rancho Viejo and GDF Realty. Van Loh, Sara D. // Ecology Law Quarterly;2004, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p459
Since its enactment in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has enjoyed considerable judicial deference, yet attacks on its constitutionality have arisen recently in the wake of Lopez and Morrison. In the latest cases, Rancho Viejo and GDF Realty, the D.C. and Fifth Circuits considered...
