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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 recomme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Scientific Issues in the Endangered Species Act
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 1995.
Temas:
United States. > Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Endangered species > Law and legislation > United States.
Endangered species > United States.
Habitat conservation > Law and legislation > United States.
Habitat conservation > United States.
Extinction (Biology)
Endangered Species > legislation & jurisprudence
Extinction, Biological
Habitat (Écologie) > Conservation > États-Unis.
Extinction (Biologie)
Endangered species
Endangered species > Law and legislation
Habitat conservation
Habitat conservation > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 analyzes1. Concepts of species--how the term "species" arose and how it has been interpreted for purposes of the ESA.2. Conflicts between species when individual species are identified for protection, including several case studies.3. 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.
Notas:Title from PDF title page.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (1 PDF file (xvi, 272 pages)) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780309568814
0309568811
1280210885
9781280210884

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