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Balancing on the brink of extinction : the Endangered Species Act and lessons for the future
- Title
- Balancing on the brink of extinction : the Endangered Species Act and lessons for the future / edited by Kathryn A. Kohm.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | KF5640 .B35 1991 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kohm, Kathryn A.
- Description
- xi, 318 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Endangered species > Law and legislation > United States
- Wildlife conservation > Law and legislation > United States
- Animal Welfare > legislation & jurisprudence
- Wildlife conservation > Law and legislation
- Endangered species > Law and legislation
- Bedrohte Tiere
- Naturschutzrecht
- Bedrohte Pflanzen
- United States
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction ; The act's history and framework / Kathryn A. Kohm -- Part I. Reflections on the act -- The Endangered Species Act : legislative perspectives on a living law / John D. Dingell -- The power and potential of the act / Lynn A. Greenwalt -- Looking back over the first fifteen years / Michael J. Bean -- Life in jeopardy on private property / Holmes Rolston, III. -- Snail darters and pork barrels revisited : reflections on endangered species and land use in America / George Cameron Coggins -- Part II. Components of the federal endangered species program -- The endangered species lists : chronicles of extinction? / William Reffalt -- Avoiding endangered species/development conflicts through interagency consultation / Steven L. Yaffee -- Federalism and the act / John P. Ernst -- International implementation : the longest arm of the law? / Mark C. Trexler and Laura H. Kosloff -- The appropriations history / Faith Campbell -- Implementing recovery policy : learning as we go? / Tim Clark and Ann Harvey -- Part III. Implementation challenges -- Western water rights and the act / A. Dan Tarlock -- Invertebrate conservation / Dennis D. Murphy -- Predator conservation / Kevin Bixby -- Pesticide regulation / Jim Serfis -- Part IV. Conserving biodiversity -- From endangered species to biodiversity / Reed F. Noss -- In search of an ecosystem approach to endangered species conservation / Hal Salwasser -- Coping with ignorance : the coarse-filter strategy for maintaining biodiversity / Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr. -- Gap analysis of species richness and vegetation cover : an integrated biodiversity conservation strategy / J. Michael Scott [and others] -- Needed : an endangered humanity act? / Anne H. Ehrlich and Paul R. Ehrlich.
- ISBN
- 1559630078
- 9781559630078
- 155963006X
- 9781559630061
- LCCN
- 90005031
- OCLC
- ocm22110107
- 22110107
- SCSB-1923361
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library