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An endangered species recovery plan, also known as a species recovery plan, species action plan, species conservation action, or simply recovery plan, is a document describing the current status, threats and intended methods for increasing rare and endangered species population sizes. Recovery plans act as a foundation from which to build a ...
A Green Score of 100% is defined for a fully recovered or non-depleted species that is present in all parts of its historic range (prior to any major human disturbance), each with viable populations that are ecologically functional, [2] [9] a score that may not be realistically attainable for many species even if they achieve their Recovery ...
Poeciloneuron pauciflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It was recorded in Travancore and Tirunelveli (now located in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu respectively) in 19th century India. It has not been recorded since. [1] [3] The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'. [4] [5]
The IUCN has already implemented an action recovery plan for the Calathus lundbladi ground beetle to improve the species’ survivability and population numbers. This plan includes systematic ...
Twenty-six years prior to the international biodiversity convention, the United States had launched a national program to protect threatened species in the form of the 1966 Endangered Species Act. The legislation created broad authority for analyzing and listing species of concern, and mandated that Species Recovery Plans be created. Thus ...
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twenty-one species of fish made the leap Tuesday off a watch list of seafood to avoid as unsustainably overfished, leaving conservationists and many ...
The general goals of a mitigation program are to offset the immediate incidental take by either positively contributing to the species as a whole or to the objectives of the recovery plan designed for that species by USFWS. Mitigating for habitat loss. Most projects requiring an Incidental Take Permit involve impacts to, or losses of, habitat.
From these 22 individuals a breeding programme began that brought the numbers up to 273 by 2005. An even more impressive recovery was that of the Mauritius kestrel, which by 1974 had dropped to only four individuals, yet by 2006 the population was 800. [25]