Should the Endangered Species Act Be Strengthened? Most of us do not realize how much we take for granted‚ but there are some out there who feel as I do when it comes to strengthening the Endangered Species Act. This law is essential to present and future generations‚ although we may not realize it. Humankind is lucky to live in such a variety of ecosystems‚ but unfortunately‚ we all happen to leave some type of mark on the Earth and share in the destruction of many species‚ as well as their habitats
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Degrading Importance of the Endangered Species Act The purpose of the Endangered Species Act is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystem upon which they depend on. Since 1973 the Endangered Species Act has saved endangered and threatened species from extinction. The Endangered Species Act‚ also known as the ESA‚ is a list of approximately 2‚195 endangered or threatened species. For a species to be considered endangered and listed onto the ESA‚ the species has to be in danger of extinction
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Charles Darwin in his book‚ On the Origin of Species‚ presents us with a theory of natural selection. This theory is his attempt at an explanation on how the world and its species came to be the way that we know them now. Darwin writes on how through a process of millions of years‚ through the effects of man and the effects of nature‚ species have had a trial and error experiment ongoing. It is through these trials that the natural world has developed beneficial anomalies that at times seem too
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important to make sure that no species die out so as to not upset the environmental balance. When we protect all species‚ we are protecting the entire habitat. Therefore‚ we are maintaining the safety of our own environment as humans. To help protect threatened species‚ then-president‚ Richard Nixon‚ signed into law the Endangered Species Act in 1973. Yet after 34 years‚ some still argue that this Act has been a failure. So the question is‚ "Did the Endangered Species Act have more negative effects
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chemical constituents. In taking the challenge of expanding phytochemical studies of Philippines plants and discovering natural products with pharmacological significance‚ an endemic plant species Diospyros blancoi A.DC. is considered for this study. The genus Diospyros‚ under family Ebenaceae‚ is composed of some 475 species common in tropical regions worldwide. Some of them are fruit-producing trees including D. blancoi‚ locally known as mabolo or
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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed into law on the 28th December 1973. It was enforced by the United States of America to protect critically jeopardized species from extinction‚ from a consequence of development and economic growth and the conservation of the environment they depend on. There are two main federal agencies that are administered to the act: the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A species is considered
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This invasive species known as the Boiga Irregularis‚ or Brown Tree Snake‚ originated and is native in Australia‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Indonesia‚ Melanesia‚ and the Solomon Islands. The Brown Tree Snake arrived in Guam around the 1940’s‚ likely arrived accidentally through imported cargo. Currently‚ the species is only located or has only become invasive in Guam. Although the species does good to the environment‚ it is also harming Guam in a big way. Guam is a small island located in the Pacific and
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What is known as the Endangered Species Act began in mid-1960. In order for the Fish and Wildlife Service to expand their efforts to protect endangered species‚ Congress enacted the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. This Act did little more than allow a list of endangered species to be made. The Act did not prohibit the killing of endangered species or the destruction of their habitat. The lack of legal protection for the endangered species led the Fish and Wildlife Service
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Invasive species are destroying our ecosystems and killing off other species into extinction‚ this may be because of human interaction forcing them into relocation‚ and competing. Invasive species are species that are relocated into a different environment from their home and are put into a different competition over food which can sometimes lead to extinction of that species or the one that they are competing against. Invasive species may relocate for various reasons some of which have traits that
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24: The Origin of Species Chapter Questions 1) Which of the following applies to both anagenesis and cladogenesis? A) branching B) increased diversity C) speciation D) more species E) adaptive radiation Answer: C Topic: Concept 24.1 Skill: Comprehension 2) Which of the following statements about species‚ as defined by the biological species concept‚ is (are) correct? I. Biological species are defined by reproductive isolation. II. Biological species are the model used
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