Recovering endangered species

The US Endangered Species Act, implemented in 1973, created a "perfect duty" to save each species equally, but did not provide for the means to carry it out. The law was passed by legislators unaware of the magnitude of the problem and how difficult it would be for the Fish and Wildlife Service to properly enforce it. It has had little success. Although it has helped some, species recovery has been a dismal 100 to 1 ratio of recoveries. As of 1994 there were 840 endangered species and 21 species that had recovered and had been taken off the list.

1. Restoring biodiversity
2. Implementing programmes
3. Conserving wildlife
4. Conserving endangered species of plants and animals

1. Monitoring trade in animal products of endangered species
2. Conserving endangered species of mammals
3. Captive breeding of endangered species

1. Preventing animal extinctions
2. Conserving global biodiversity

1. Preserving genetic diversity in cultivated plants
2. Preserving gene resources
3. Preparing species management plans
4. Conserving animal genetic resources
5. Concluding habitat preservation agreements
6. Alerting wetland desecration
7. Agreeing code of environmental practice
8. Advancing ecotourism

1. Causing extinction of animals

1. Threatened species of living organisms
2. Threatened species of Animalia
3. Decreasing diversity of biological species

1. Extinction
2. Endangered

1. Flora Europaea
2. Endangered species recovery plan
3. Internet Directory for Botany - Alphabetical List
4. ENDANGERED SPECIES
5. Species reintroduction
6. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
7. Biodiversity
8. Endangered Species Recovery Program
9. The Plan to Save the Humpback Whales—and How It Succeeded
10. THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: A WILD SUCCESS
11. Recovery of Species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)