ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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CITES
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Convention on Biological
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Endangered Species Act
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States has one of the world’s most powerful legal tools for protecting species at risk of extinction: the Endangered Species Act. Since it was passed by Congress in 1973 (on the heels of a 1967 precursor law), the Act has built up a stellar success rate, saving 99% of species it protects from extinction.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1531 et seq., was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a “consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation".
Detailed explanation-3: -The law requires protection for critical habitat areas and the development and implementation of recovery plans for listed species. It also allows for flexibility in its implementation, requiring coordination among federal, state, tribal, and local officials on efforts to prevent extinction.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Endangered Species Act ("ESA") prohibits importing, exporting, taking, possessing, selling, and transporting endangered and threatened species (with certain exceptions). ESA also provides for the designation of critical habitat and prohibits the destruction of that habitat.