Science and the Endangered Species Act PDF
by National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Scientific Issues in the Endangered Species Act
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a far-reaching law that has sparked intense controversies over the use of public lands, the rights of property owners, and economic versus environmental benefits.
In this volume a distinguished committee focuses on the science underlying the ESA and offers recommendations for making the act more effective.
The committee provides an overview of what scientists know about extinction--and what this understanding means to implementation of the ESA. Habitat--its destruction, conservation, and fundamental importance to the ESA--is explored in detail.
The book analyzes
- Concepts of species--how the term "species" arose and how it has been interpreted for purposes of the ESA.
- Conflicts between species when individual species are identified for protection, including several case studies.
- Assessment of extinction risk and decisions under the ESA--how these decisions can be made more effectively. The book concludes with a look beyond the Endangered Species Act and suggests additional means of biological conservation and ways to reduce conflicts. It will be useful to policymakers, regulators, scientists, natural-resource managers, industry and environmental organizations, and those interested in biological conservation.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:13/10/1995
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- ISBN:9780309568814
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:13/10/1995
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- ISBN:9780309568814