Recovering endangered species
- Implementing species recovery programmes
- Developing species recovery outlines
Description
Recovering endangered species involves implementing targeted actions to restore populations at risk of extinction. Essential strategies include habitat protection and restoration, controlling invasive species, enforcing anti-poaching laws, captive breeding and reintroduction programs, and monitoring population health. These measures directly address threats such as habitat loss, overexploitation, and genetic decline, aiming to stabilize and increase species numbers, ensure long-term survival, and restore ecological balance within their natural environments.
Implementation
The US Endangered Species Act, implemented in 1973, created a "perfect duty" to save each species equally, but did not provide for the means to carry it out. The law was passed by legislators unaware of the magnitude of the problem and how difficult it would be for the Fish and Wildlife Service to properly enforce it. It has had little success. Although it has helped some, species recovery has been a dismal 100 to 1 ratio of recoveries. As of 1994 there were 840 endangered species and 21 species that had recovered and had been taken off the list.
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Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Biosciences » Evolution and species
Societal problems » Endangered species » Endangered species
Development » Development
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
1A4N
J0982
DOCID
12009820
D7NID
194361
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Last update
Jan 18, 2023