scholarly journals Private‐sector conservation under the US Endangered Species Act: a return‐on‐investment perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 409-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Epanchin‐Niell ◽  
James Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act

scholarly journals Recommendations for Improving Recovery Criteria under the US Endangered Species Act

BioScience ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. Doak ◽  
Gina K. Himes Boor ◽  
Victoria J. Bakker ◽  
William F. Morris ◽  
Allison Louthan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act

The effectiveness of the US endangered species act: An econometric analysis using matching methods

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Ferraro ◽  
Craig McIntosh ◽  
Monica Ospina
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Matching Methods ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act

scholarly journals Cusk (Brosme brosme) and climate change: assessing the threat to a candidate marine fish species under the US Endangered Species Act

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1753-1768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Hare ◽  
John P. Manderson ◽  
Janet A. Nye ◽  
Michael A. Alexander ◽  
Peter J. Auster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Marine Fish ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
Marine Fish Species ◽  
Northwest Atlantic ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act

AbstractHare, J.A., Manderson, J.P., Nye, J.A., Alexander, M.A., Auster, P.J., Borggaard, D.L., Capotondi, A.M., Damon-Randall, K.B., Heupel, E., Mateo, I., O'Brien, L., Richardson, D.E., Stock, C.A., and Biege, S.T. 2012. Cusk (Brosme brosme) and climate change: assessing the threat to a candidate marine fish species under the US Endangered Species Act. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: 1753–1768. In the Northwest Atlantic Ocean cusk (Brosme brosme) has declined dramatically, primarily as a result of fishing activities. These declines have led to concern about its status, which has prompted reviews under the US Endangered Species Act and the Canadian Species at Risk Act. Changes in distribution and abundance of a number of marine fish in the Northwest Atlantic have been linked to climate variability and change, suggesting that both fishing and climate may affect the status of cusk. Our goal was to evaluate potential effects of climate change on Northwest Atlantic cusk distribution. Coupling a species niche model with the output from an ensemble of climate models, we projected cusk distribution in the future. Our results indicate cusk habitat in the region will shrink and fragment, which is a result of a spatial mismatch between high complexity seafloor habitat and suitable temperature. The importance of habitat patch connectivity for cusk is poorly understood, so the population-level consequences of climate-related habitat fragmentation are uncertain. More broadly, climate change may reduce appropriate thermal habitat and increase habitat fragmentation for other cold-water species in the region; thereby, increasing the potential for regional overexploitation and extirpation.

scholarly journals Conservation triage or injurious neglect in endangered species recovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (13) ◽  
pp. 3563-3566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah R. Gerber
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Conservation Action ◽  
Significant Discrepancy ◽  
Decision Theoretic Approach ◽  
Successful Recovery ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act ◽  
Larger Sample

Listing endangered and threatened species under the US Endangered Species Act is presumed to offer a defense against extinction and a solution to achieve recovery of imperiled populations, but only if effective conservation action ensues after listing occurs. The amount of government funding available for species protection and recovery is one of the best predictors of successful recovery; however, government spending is both insufficient and highly disproportionate among groups of species, and there is significant discrepancy between proposed and actualized budgets across species. In light of an increasing list of imperiled species requiring evaluation and protection, an explicit approach to allocating recovery funds is urgently needed. Here I provide a formal decision-theoretic approach focusing on return on investment as an objective and a transparent mechanism to achieve the desired recovery goals. I found that less than 25% of the $1.21 billion/year needed for implementing recovery plans for 1,125 species is actually allocated to recovery. Spending in excess of the recommended recovery budget does not necessarily translate into better conservation outcomes. Rather, elimination of only the budget surplus for “costly yet futile” recovery plans can provide sufficient funding to erase funding deficits for more than 180 species. Triage by budget compression provides better funding for a larger sample of species, and a larger sample of adequately funded recovery plans should produce better outcomes even if by chance. Sharpening our focus on deliberate decision making offers the potential to achieve desired outcomes in avoiding extinction for Endangered Species Act-listed species.

The potential listing of Acropora species under the US Endangered Species Act

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 534-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. Precht ◽  
Martha L. Robbart ◽  
Richard B. Aronson
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act

Population Status of the Megacephalic Map Turtles Graptemys pearlensis and Graptemys gibbonsi and Recommendations Regarding Their Listing Under the US Endangered Species Act

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter V. Lindeman ◽  
Ashley G. Gibson ◽  
Will Selman ◽  
Robert L. Jones ◽  
Grover J. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Endangered Species Act ◽  
Population Status ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Endangered Species Act ◽  
Map Turtles
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