Species recovery in the united states: Increasing the effectiveness of the endangered species act
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has succeeded in shielding hundreds of species from extinction and improving species recovery over time. However, recovery for most species officially protected by the ESA - i.e., listed species-has been harder to achieve than initially envisioned. Threats to species are persistent and pervasive, funding has been insufficient, the distribution of money among listed species is highly uneven, and at least 10 times more species than are actually listed probably qualify for listing. Moreover, many listed species will require ongoing management for the foreseeable future to protect them from persistent threats. Climate change will exacerbate this problem and increase both species risk and management uncertainty, requiring more intensive and controversial management strategies to prevent species from going extinct.
Authors: Daniel M. Evans, Judy Che‐Castaldo, Deborah T. Crouse, Frank W. Davis, Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell, Curtis H. Flather, R. Kipp Frohlich, Dale D. Goble, Ya Wei Li, Timothy D. Male, Lawrence L. Master, Matthew Moskwik, Maile C. Neel, Barry R. Noon, Camille Parmesan, Mark W. Schwartz, James M. Scott, Byron K. Williams
Institutions: United States Department of Agriculture, University of Maryland, College Park, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, University of California, Santa Barbara, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, University of Idaho, NatureServe, The University of Texas at Austin, Colorado State University, University of California, Davis, The Wildlife Society
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2290880326