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Extractions: Search for books and more related to Endangered Species Encarta Search Search Encarta about Endangered Species Editors' Picks Great books about your topic, Endangered Species ... Click here Advertisement document.write(' Encyclopedia Article Multimedia 12 items Article Outline Introduction Causes Preservation Efforts Conservation Biology I Print Preview of Section Endangered Species , plant and animal species that are in danger of extinction , the dying off of all individuals of a species. Over 8,300 plant species and 7,200 animal species around the globe are threatened with extinction, and many thousands more become extinct each year before biologists can identify them. The primary causes of species extinction or endangerment are habitat destruction, commercial exploitation (such as plant collecting, hunting, and trade in animal parts), damage caused by nonnative plants and animals introduced into an area, and pollution . Of these causes, direct habitat destruction threatens the most species.
Committee On Resources-Index The snail darter, perhaps one of the most famous endangered species, was listed as After including this plant on the List of endangered and threatened http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/issues/more/esa/inaccuratedata_dwnlisted_del
Extractions: (eastern population) [p]opulation data gathered since the listing have questioned the likelihood that the pelican population in Florida was never endangered, as defined by the Act, and this designation was also questionable for the pelican in South Carolina. These data were not in existence at the time of listing and the most prudent course of action, based upon the best available data at that time, was to list the entire species as endangered. Back to Top Tinian Monarch and forest bird surveys conducted by the Service in 1982 found the monarch to be the second most abundant bird on the island with a population estimate of 40,000 . Back to Top McKittrick Pennyroyal Back to Top Rydberg Milk-Vetch resulting in the discovery of 11 additional populations and current estimates of well over 300,000 plants.
Priority Programme For China's Agenda 21 83 PROTECTION OF endangered species USED IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND To protect and expand the population of endangered and threatened animals, http://sedac.ciesin.org/china/policy/acca21/218-3.html
Extractions: Project Scope and Relationship to China's Agenda 21 This project seeks to protect various endangered animal species that since ancient times have been used in traditional Chinese medicine, particularly through the research and development of alternative sources. This project is based on Chapter 15 - Conservation of Biodiversity, and is related to Chapter 9 - Heath and Sanitation of China's Agenda 21. 1. Background Certain animal species have yielded potent and effective ingredients for use in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Examples include the use of rhinoceros horn for reducing fever and cleaning the body of toxic materials, and the use of tiger bone for relieving pain and strengthening bones. Yet many of the animals used in traditional Chinese medicine are now threatened and endangered in China and around the world because of large scale deforestation, ecosystem destruction and hunting. The rhinoceros, for example, which was once found in China, has now dwindled to a worldwide level of ten thousand, only one-tenth of the total number existing in the 1950s. Only seven thousand tigers are still in existence, and a number of species unique to China, such as the musk deer, are fast disappearing. Others have already become extinct, such as the rare species of Saiga antelope once found in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Extractions: Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference Columbia Encyclopedia PREVIOUS NEXT ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. endangered species any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1973), classified 935 native species as endangered or threatened, including animals such as the Florida panther, the Key deer, the San Joaquin kit fox, the northern spotted owl, the chinook salmon, the Karner blue butterfly, the snail darter, and the cave crayfish and plants such as the Hawaiian nehe and the clover lupine. Over 500 more species were so classified worldwide. The official list of endangered wildlife and plants in the United States is kept by the Fish and Wildlife Service; the National Marine Fisheries Service oversees marine species. In addition, many states keep their own lists. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources maintains an international list, published as the
Extractions: The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a federal law passed by the United States Congress in 1973. The Act protects both endangered species, defined as those "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range ," and threatened species, those likely to become endangered "within the forseeable future." Under the Act, the term "species" includes species and subspecies of fish, wildlife and plants, as well as geographically distinct populations of vertebrate wildlife (including fish) even though the species as a whole may not be endangered. This flexibility in the Act allows action to be taken to protect certain members of a species before the entire population becomes threatened. The Endangered Species Act serves to fulfil the United States commitment to various international treaties on wildlife conservation (such as CITES). It is a powerful tool designed to resolve conflicts between proposals for development and the survival of species. The Endangerd Species Act has proven to be so effective in helping to protect species that is has served as a model for the development of similar wildlife protection laws in almost every state and in other countries. Two federal agencies are responsible for enforcing the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior administers the Act for animals and plants found on land or in fresh water. The National Marine Fisheries Service of the Commerce Department administers the Act for marine plants and animals.
:: Bonobo Conservation Initiative :: Conservation The vast majority of endangered or threatened species throughout the world Since the 1980s, the conservation of endangered and threatened species, http://www.bonobo.org/supact.html
Extractions: What Is A Bonobo Where Do Bonobos Live What Is The Bonobo Initiative How Can I Help ... Shop THE GREAT APES CONSERVATION ACT PASSES IN CONGRESS! On 19 October 2000, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (HR4320), passed unopposed in the U.S. Senate. It will now go to President Clinton to sign. The bill passed unanimously in the House of Representatives in July after being introduced by Reps. George Miller and James Saxton. It originated in a slightly different form in 1999, when it was introduced by Sen. Jim Jeffords. A press release by the Fund for Animals provides details. The purpose of the Great Apes Conservation Act (GACA) is to provide support and financial resources for the conservation programs of countries within the range of great apes and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of great apes. Please refer to this Bill Summary and Status for up-to-date information. As written, the Act calls for $5 million per year for 5 years to be allocated for in-situ great ape conservation. It is hoped that the Act will receive the maximum possible appropriations to achieve an immediate and lasting effect. However, appropriations are not yet determined. The more dedicated may want to read the full text of the legislation Use the Congressional Email Directory to your Senators and Representatives contact information. The House has a
Giant Catfish Critically Endangered, Group Says The Mekong giant catfish has been relisted as Critically endangered because we More than 12000 species are known to be threatened with extinction. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/11/1118_031118_giantcatfish.html
Extractions: November 18, 2003 View the Mekong Giant Catfish Photo Gallery: Go>> The Mekong River's giant catfish ( Pangasianodon Gigas ) is on the path to extinction. Today's release of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) updated 2003 Red List of Threatened Species shows that the flagship species of the storied river in Southeast Asia is classified as Critically Endangered, its numbers further reduced from its classification as Endangered in the previous IUCN Red List. The Switzerland-based organization's members from 140 countries include some 70 states, 100 government agencies, and 750 NGOs. P. gigas National Geographic News spoke to Zeb Hogan of the Mekong Fish Conservation Project about the plight of the Mekong and its giant catfish. Hogan has received funding from the National Geographic Society to research and promote the conservation of the fish (see sidebar). The Mekong giant catfish has just been listed by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. What does this mean and just how bad is it for this fish?
Afrol News - Limited Rhino Hunt Allowed In SA, Namibia Members of the Convention on International Trade in endangered species (CITES), The rhino subspecies is not longer seriously threatened in the two http://www.afrol.com/articles/14444
Extractions: Limited rhino hunt allowed in SA, Namibia afrol News , 4 October Hundred years of conservation efforts have lifted the southern black rhino population from about hundred to 11,000 animals. These efforts are now to pay back and the international body on trade of endangered species, CITES, today lifted the total hunting ban on the black rhino. Namibia and South Africa are given permission to hunt up to five animals each at a yearly basis, but environmentalists remain sceptical. Members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), united in Bangkok, Thailand, today approved of a very limited hunting of the formerly threatened species. The annual CITES meeting gathers government representatives, environmentalists and scientists from all over the world to agree on an updated list of threatened species and which animals and plants should not be traded. After years of lobbying, Namibian and South African authorities this year finally achieved their goal of lifting the total hunting and trading ban on the southern black rhino. The rhino sub-species is not longer seriously threatened in the two countries, the Southern African delegates convinced their partners.
BHS Library Pathfinder: Animal Studies This site provides information and links regarding endangered species, a listing of all federally listed threatened and endangered species for each http://schools.nsd.org/~khaugen/libraryWebGuide/animal-studies.html
Extractions: Online information booklets provide in-depth information, illustrations, photos, and extensive bibliographies for the following species and biomes:Baleen Whales, Beluga Whales, Birds of Prey, Bony Fishes, Bottlenose Dolphins, Clydesdales, Corals and Coral Reefs, Gorillas, Harbor Seals, Key West Animals, Killer Whales, Manatees, Penguins, Polar Bears, Sea Turtles, Sharks and Their Relatives, Tigers, Tropical Forests, and Walruses.
Trade In Threatened Species - Helen Hendry, Naked Scientists 2003 CITES (the Convention on International Trade in endangered species) aims to regulate the trade in Helen Hendry CITES and Trade in threatened species http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/Columnists/helencolumn3.htm
Extractions: Interviews ... Guests What have the following got in common: tiny, delicate seahorses, magnificent tall rainforest trees and the two biggest fish in the oceans? Well, the answer is that they have all recently been added to a list of endangered species that cannot be freely traded between countries. You might know that it's illegal to trade rare wild animals and animal products like tiger skins or rhino horn, but did you know that there are in fact around 30,000 species of wild animal and plant which have restricted trade according to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as CITES (pronounced sie-tees)? In November 2002, the CITES conference was held in Santiago Chile, where governments and conservationists from 160 member states met to decide which species of wildlife would be added or removed from the convention. Resolutions were passed in Chile to control the trade in a number of controversial commercial species including seahorses, mahogany, and basking and whale sharks. Conservationists have hailed the meeting as a great success, and even Greenpeace cancelled a protest due to take place outside the conference hall, saying that it would no longer be necessary.
Endangered Species & Wildlife Conservation Where can you find information on endangered and threatened species? Why should people care about endangered and threatened species anyway? http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/sullivan/sullms/Endangered_Species.htm
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In Rhino Land The 25 globally threatened species include the swamp francolin (Francolinus Among the mammals, 21 species are endangered and listed in Schedule I of the http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2205/stories/20050311000106500.htm
Extractions: Tourists return to their camps at the end of a jeep safari at Kaziranga National Park. ONE hundred years after Lady Curzon returned from Kaziranga in Assam with memories of seeing only the hoof marks of the rhinoceros, her grandson, Sir Nicholas Moseley, lost count of the one-horned animal when he visited the place. Moseley and his wife Verity were in Kaziranga at the invitation of the Assam government to take part in the centenary celebrations of the Kaziranga National Park from February 11 to 17. Lady Curzon visited Kaziranga in the winter of 1904. Alarmed by the fact that the rhino in Kaziranga was heading for extinction, she convinced her husband, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy, to take measures to save the unique animal. Kaziranga was declared a reserve forest in 1908. It became a game sanctuary in 1916. But it was still vulnerable to poaching and hunting. It was opened to visitors in 1938. In 1950, Kaziranga was declared a wildlife sanctuary and in 1954, the rhino was given legal protection through the Assam (Rhinoceros) Bill, which proposed heavy penalties for killing the animal. Kaziranga was declared the first national park of Assam in 1974 under the Assam National Parks Act, 1968, and the original core area of 428 square kilometres was declared a World Heritage Site in December 1985.
Extractions: From IGC Site Includes: EcoNet Endangered Species Gopher Endangered Species Information Coral Forest Red List of Threatened Animals ... Mojave Desert Tortoise The Desert Tortoise Council is a private, nonprofit organization made up of hundreds of professionals, and lay-persons from all walks of life, from across the United States , and several continents. We share a common fascination with wild desert tortoises and the environment they depend upon. Site Includes: Archives National Wildlife Federation People and Nature: Our Future is in the balance.
Extractions: Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary CONTACT: Hugh Vickery September 23, 2004 United States to Support Protections for Great White Sharks, Other Threatened Species at CITES Conference in Bangkok (WASHINGTON) Great white sharks are one of the world's most feared predators, but a sharp decline in their populations means the United States will be supporting international trade restrictions to protect the species, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Craig Manson said today. Manson will head the U.S. delegation to the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in the Threatened and Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok from Oct. 2 to14. CITES is an international agreement signed by more than 160 nations to regulate global trade in certain wild animals and plants that are or may become threatened with extinction due to commercial trade. Like many species of sharks, great whites have been over-harvested, especially for their fins, which are used in soups and medicines.
Extractions: From Animal Issues , Volume 34 Number 4, Winter 2003 Behind the Fence: Inside the Canned Hunt Industry By Nicole G. Paquette Dreaming of your next vacation? How about a wildlife safari where you can view exotic and endangered species from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia? No time for a trip around the world? No problem! Your tour can take place right here in the U.S.A. As an added bonus, you can stalk these animals in a pen, shoot them at point-blank range, and take their mounted heads home as trophies. For a price, this shameful sojourn can be yours, courtesy of the federal government. Although this outrageous scenario sounds illegal, it's not. It's a "canned hunt," and it's big business. A canned hunt is a commercial event that takes place on private land, often called a "ranch," where animals are fenced in and unable to escape. Hunters pay a fee to the ranch operator for a guaranteed kill. Canned hunt victims typically include deer, elk, and other "big game" animals including endangered and threatened species. Of the 12 U.S. ranches holding current or recent government-issued endangered species permits, 11 are located in Texas and 1 is in Florida. The animal most commonly hunted at these ranches is the barasingha, or "swamp deer," native to India and Nepal. Other targeted endangered or threatened species include Eld's bow-antlered deer, red lechwe, Arabian oryx, and several species of antelope. The going rate for a canned hunt varies; one ranch website advertises a guaranteed kill of a barasingha for $4,000.
