endangered species Books and Publications

Endangered Species Deskbook: Second Edition

The Endangered Species Deskbook is a comprehensive reference to one of the most complex and heavily litigated environmental statutes ever enacted by the U.S. Congress. The Endangered Species Act (ESA), passed in 1973, requires all federal departments and agencies to conserve endangered and threatened ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Report of the second FAO Ad Hoc Expert Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Proposals to Amend Appendices I and II of CITIES Concerning Commercially-e

Series: FAO Fisheries ReportsThe Panel was convened in response to the agreement by the twenty-fifth session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) on the Terms of Reference for an ad hoc expert advisory panel for assessment of proposals to the Convention on International Trade in endangered Species of Wild ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Practical Approaches to Implementing Environmental Laws: Report of an International Roundtable Discussion Report

The implementation of endangered species protection policies has focused, especially in recent years, on the threats posed by various land use practices. Less studied, but nevertheless important, are the wide ranging effects of pollution on endangered species and critical habitat. The harmful effects of pollution ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Using Pollution Control Authorities to Protect Threatened and Endangered Species and Reduce Ecological Risk Report

Using Pollution Control Authorities to Protect Threatened and Endangered Species and Reduce Ecological Risk ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Pelican Man - A Video Documentary

Spotbilled pelicans have been coming to breed in the village of Kokkare Bellur in Southern India for hundreds of years. However, numbers are falling drastically all over South Asia and the bird is now a candidate for the endangered species list. This 60 minute documentary explores the reasons for this ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Report of the Regional Workshop on the Monitoring and Management of Queen Conch, "Strombus gigas". Kingston, Jamaica, 1- 5 May 2006 (En)

Series: FAO Fisheries ReportsThe purpose of the workshop was to assist Caribbean countries in the development of effective management plans for queen conch fisheries and, consequently, to improve their capacity to implement regulations and obligations under the Convention on International trade in Endangered ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Guidelines for cave and karst protection

Cave and karst landforms are distributed widely around the world. They have many values and are an integral component of the world's biodiversity. Some are habitats for a wide range of endemic species of flora and fauna, while others house rare and endangered species. Still others are the sources of rare ...

By Earthprint Ltd

Environmental Law in Indian Country

This publication is a guide to understanding the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This publication covers NEPA, the Endangered Species Act, and the Wilderness Act. It focuses on the environmental work of the 562 Indian tribes that play an important role in the environmental arena. The book uses chiefly ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

Big-Leaf Mahogany

Big-Leaf Mahogany is the most important commercial timber species of the tropics. Current debate concerning whether to protect it as an endangered species has been hampered by the lack of complete, definitive scientific documentation. This book reports on vital research on the ecology of big-leaf mahogany, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Our Vanishing Relative

In the 1960s, it was believed that no more than about 4,000 orang-utans remained in the wild. Consequently, IUCN - The World Conservation Union - declared the ape an endangered species, demanding its world-wide protection. Nevertheless, the orang-utan today faces extinction because it is dependent on a ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies

This book reviews many of the latest advances in the ecology and conservation of butterflies. It brings together under one cover details of progress in the field of monitoring distribution and abundance, effects of land use, and the management of endangered species. Each chapter is written by recognized ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Causes of Decline and Strategies for Recovery

In 1988 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed two endemic fishes of the upper Klamath River basin of Oregon and California, the sucker and the Lost River sucker, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 1997, the National Marine Fisheries Service added the Southern Oregon Northern ...

By The National Academies Press (NAP)

Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States

this process, much has been learned about wolf biology and ecology, endangered species management, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology

This is one of the first books to review the quantitative tools used in the study of such subjects as biodiversity, resource management, and endangered species preservation. The topics covered include population viability analysis, population dynamics, metapopulation models, estimating risks and timing of ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Ecological Basis of Conservation

The conservation and management of wild natural resources stands at a crossroads. On the one hand, there are the stunning successes of the focus of species, of which the protection of endangered species is the pinnacle. On the other hand, stands the need for conservation to embrace landscapes and ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Status of the States: Innovative Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation Report

, and other land modifications. Many states are also being confronted with contentious Endangered ...

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

Management of Disease in Wild Mammals

Wildlife populations may be a significant source of infection for humans and domestic animals while in some cases being themselves endangered by pathogens. The development of sustainable approaches to the management of wildlife diseases is fundamental to the protection of human health, agriculture, and ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Malone and Tabb`s Environmental Law, Policy and Practice

This book seeks to provide the fundamentals in each major area, such as air pollution, water pollution, hazardous waste and toxic pollutant regulation, protection of endangered species, and the National Environmental Policy Act, without overloading the professor and student with exhaustive and unnecessary ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

Environmental Law Forms Guide, 2d

, Endangered Species Act, and ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

Federal Environmental Regulation of Real Estate Law Digest

); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Endangered Species Protection Act (ESPA); Clean ...

By Thomson Reuters (Westlaw)

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