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"As Secretary of the Interior, implementing the Endangered Species Act was one of my most important, and challenging, responsibilities. All who deal with this complex and critical law need a clear and comprehensive guide to its provisions, interpretation, and implementation. With chapters written by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, the new edition of Endangered Species Act: Law, Policy, and Perspectives is an essential reference for conservationists and the regulated community and the attorneys who represent them."---Bruce Babbbitt, former Secretary of the Interior --
Main description: The first listed species to make headlines after the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 was the snail darter, a three-inch fish that stood in the way of a massive dam on the Little Tennessee River. When the Supreme Court sided with the darter, Congress changed the rules. The dam was built, the river stopped flowing, and the snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee, though it survived in other waterways. A young Al Gore voted for the dam; freshman congressman Newt Gingrich voted for the fish. A lot has changed since the 1970s, and Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy that this sweeping law is alive and well today. More than a general history of endangered species protection, Listed is a tale of threatened species in the wild-from the whooping crane and North Atlantic right whale to the purple bankclimber, a freshwater mussel tangled up in a water war with Atlanta-and the people working to save them. Employing methods from the new field of ecological economics, Roman challenges the widely held belief that protecting biodiversity is too costly. And with engaging directness, he explains how preserving biodiversity can help economies and communities thrive. Above all, he shows why the extinction of species matters to us personally-to our health and safety, our prosperity, and our joy in nature.
This handbook is a guide to the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary U.S. law aimed at protecting species of animals and plants from human threats to their survival. It is intended for lawyers, government agency employees, students, community activists, businesspeople, and any citizen who wants to understand the Act--its history, provisions, accomplishments, and failures.
This sourcebook considers species extinction as the product of both natural selection and human activity; it then suggests ways to minimize the latter cause, and estimates the cost to human civilization of such efforts. Offers a chronology of events related to endangered species, biographical sketches of noted proponents of preservation, an overview of pertinent US legislation and litigation as well as international treaties, a directory of organizations, and annotated listings of print and nonprint resources. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Our planet is in the midst of climate change, mass species extinction, resource depletion, drought, pollution, and ocean oxygen depletion. We humans have caused some and accelerated all of these cataclysms. We must change the way we live and this change must be swift and exacting. The Endangered Earthlings' Handbook lays out the environmental issues facing our planet today and offers viable solutions for the average person, exhibiting a new social paradigm for the Gaia Generation.Endangered Earthlings, Inc. is a progressive environmental 501(c)3 organization committed to sustainable lifestyles that reduce our use of Earth's natural resources, by utilizing education, renewable natural materials, sustainable food sources, technology, and affordable living opportunities.
"Wildlife in a Changing World" presents an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Beginning with an explanation of the IUCN Red List as a key conservation tool, it goes on to discuss the state of the world s species and provides the latest information on the patterns of species facing extinction in some of the most important ecosystems in the world, highlighting the reasons behind their declining status. Areas of focus in the report include: freshwater biodiversity, the status of the world s marine species, species susceptibility to climate change impacts, the Mediterranean biodiversity hot spot, and broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments."