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| January 16, 2008
Six species of birds from Mexico, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific will be listed as endangered under a U.Viti Levu Island in Fiji, and the Socorro mockingbird of Socorro Island in Mexico.January 7, 2008
The Service expects to provide a final recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior and finalize the decision on whether or not to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act within the next month.December 6, 2007
The U.Fish and Wildlife Service today released its yearly appraisal of the current status of plants and animals that are candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).Federal Register (December 6, 2007).There are now 280 species recognized by the Service as candidates for ESA protection.November 2, 2007
On Saturday, October 20, President Bush announced the Service's new endangered species recovery crediting system during a visit to the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, Maryland .Fish and Wildlife Service has completed its review of eight decisions made under the Endangered Species Act that may have been inappropriately influenced by the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks Julie MacDonald, and will take action to revise seven of the eight decisions.November 16, 2007
The southeastern United States is in the midst of an intense drought.The Service is one of the federal agencies working closely with the U.Artic peregrines were protected under the Endangered Species Act until they were delisted as a recovered species in 1994.HCP and the potential effects of granting an incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act.Female polar with young.The public comment period on the proposal to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act closed October 22, 2007.Higgins' eye pearlymussels were returned to the Mississipppi River Basin last month, in what was perhaps the largest reintroduction of an endangered species since the inception of the Endangered Species Act.Missouri State Unio gallery (images and video of freshwater mussels).Why Save Endangered Species?What is an Endangered Species?From our start in 1961, WWF has worked to protect endangered species.We're ensuring that the world our children inherit will be home to elephants, tigers, giant pandas, whales and other wildlife species, as well as people.These species not only need special measures and extra protection in order to survive, they also serve as umbrella species: helping them helps numerous other species that live in the same habitats.For other uses, see Endangered species (disambiguation).An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in number, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.An endangered species is usually a taxonomic species, but may be another evolutionary significant unit.The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been evaluated through 2006.IUCN Red List Endangered species
1.The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that endangered species not living.Endangered species under the IUCN Red List refers to a specific category of threatened species, and may also include critically endangered species.IUCN Red List of Threatened Species uses the term endangered species as a specific category of imperilment, rather than as a general term.Under the IUCN Categories and Criteria, endangered species is between critically endangered and vulnerable.Examples: Gaur, Lion, Wolverine
Least Concern: no immediate threat to the survival of the species."Endangered" in relation to "threatened" under the ESA.Under the Endangered Species Act in the United States, "endangered" is the more protected of the two categories.The Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) is an example of an endangered subspecies protected under the ESA.Some endangered species laws are controversial.Typical areas of controversy include: criteria for placing a species on the endangered species list, and criteria for removing a species from the list once its population has recovered; whether restrictions on land development constitute a "taking" of land by the government; the related question of whether private landowners should be compensated for the loss of use of their land; and obtaining reasonable exceptions to protection laws.Being listed as an endangered species can have negative effect since it could make a species more desirable for collectors and poachers.China where commercially farmed turtles may be reducing some of the pressure to poach endangered species.They have allegedly opted to silently kill and bury the animals or destroy habitat, thus removing the problem from their land, but at the same time further reducing the population of an endangered species.The effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act, which coined the term "endangered species", has been questioned by business advocacy groups and their publications, but is nevertheless widely recognized as an effective recovery tool by wildlife scientists who work with the species.In many cases, captive breeding programs have been successful in restoring endangered species populations.Endangered Species issues affecting turtles and tortoises used in Chinese medicine..USFWS Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS).Wetlands Report Independent print and online newsletter covering the ESA, wetlands and regulatory takings.Provided by New Scientist.Endangered species charted by number of species and risk of extinction.This page was last modified 01:44, 21 January 2008.State Lists A better way to find endangered species info in your
state.United States concerned with environmental
issues and environmental education.Governmental
Orgs in Endangered Species protection.Link All rights reserved.Endangered Species Chocolate, a Registered Trade Mark of
Endangered Species Chocolate, LLC.There's a "ton" of information here!Theme page from Gander Academy.Includes
information on birds, mammals, fish, insects, reptiles, and amphibians.Lesson planning article from Education World.IN THE CLASS: Class studies on endangered animal issues...RESOURCES: More information on Earth's endangered animals... |
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