[PCA] Species Recovery in the United States: Increasing the Effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act

De Angelis, Patricia patricia_deangelis at fws.gov
Wed Jan 13 07:36:50 CST 2016


Evans, et al.
Winter 2016
Issues in Ecology
Ecological Society of America

Summary:
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. In this Issue,
we provide an overview of the ESA, summarize the causes and patterns of
species endangerment in the United States, identify key successes and
shortcomings of recovery programs, and discuss...six broad strategies to
increase the effectiveness of ESA implementation.

Excerpt:
..Critics [of the Endangered Species Act] point out that recovery efforts
are focused disproportionately on charismatic species, to the detriment of
others, particularly plants...

Full article:
http://www.esa.org/esa/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Issue20.pdf

If the above link doesn't work, go to the main page and click on Issue #20:
http://www.esa.org/esa/science/issues/

Pardon cross-postings.-Patricia
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