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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA ...
Short title: Endangered Species Act of 1973, As Amended through the 108th Congress; Author: USFWS Endangered Species Program: Image title: full text of the Endangered Species Act
On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. The powerful new law charged the federal government with saving every endangered plant and animal in America and ...
The Act was so sweeping that, in retrospect, it was bound to become controversial, especially since it allowed species to be listed as endangered without consideration for the economic consequences.
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) was first passed in 1973 and forms the basis of biodiversity and endangered species protection in the United States. The original purpose of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was to prevent species endangerment and extinction due to the human impact on natural ecosystems. [1]
The Endangered Species Act was enacted on Dec. 28, 1973, to establish protections for fish, wildlife and plants that are considered to be threatened or endangered.
The importance of preserving rare species was legally recognized in 1973 when the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into federal law. The purpose of the ESA is not only to protect species that have been listed as threatened or endangered, but also to conserve the ecosystems upon which those species depend. In aiming to protect species in ...
Both are designated as imperiled under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. law intended to keep animal and plant types from dying out. Enacted in 1973, it protects 1,683 domestic species.