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Getting Ahead of the Extinction Curve
Author(s) -
Wilcove David
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
ecological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.864
H-Index - 213
eISSN - 1939-5582
pISSN - 1051-0761
DOI - 10.2307/1941824
Subject(s) - wildlife , endangered species , wildlife refuge , biodiversity , legislation , north american model of wildlife conservation , executive order , fish <actinopterygii> , geography , extinction (optical mineralogy) , wildlife management , wildlife conservation , ecology , environmental resource management , service (business) , fishery , environmental protection , habitat , business , biology , environmental science , political science , public administration , law , paleontology , marketing
I propose four steps to markedly reduce the rate of species loss in the United States: (1) Enact new legislation or an executive order requiring Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to maintain viable populations of all native vertebrates on BLM lands and national wildlife refuges; (2) preserve representative examples of all of the natural communities occurring on each national forest, BLM district, or national wildlife refuge; (3) develop a national initiative to protect freshwater biodiversity; and (4) reauthorize and strengthen the Endangered Species Act.