Sentences with phrase «currently endangered species»

But of course we also want to know which are the largest single culprits — and here the analysis of currently endangered species offers a really good starting point.

The extinction of most of the currently endangered species would have little ecological impact.

Not exact matches

Mass Audubon challenges the Baker Administration and the Massachusetts legislature to restore environmental funding to a minimum of 1 % of the total operating budget (currently it is only at about 0.6 %), and to restore full funding for the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, which remains about $ 100,000 too low.

Currently, Plum Island is home to undisturbed wetlands and hundreds of species, including piping plovers, which are endangered in the state.

Both those for and against the project note that the outcome of the jaguar habitat could have implications for future interpretation of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, which currently requires the FWS to establish critical habitat areas for species on thSpecies Act, which currently requires the FWS to establish critical habitat areas for species on thspecies on the list.

Among the 5 % of carnivores (17 species) that are most affected by roads, nine are currently categorised as «least concern» by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which means that they are regarded as not endangered.

The species is currently proposed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and is a priority species under the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Coopespecies is currently proposed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and is a priority species under the Great Plains Landscape Conservation CoopeSpecies Act and is a priority species under the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Coopespecies under the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative.

Since the ESA was passed in 1973, officials have added 1135 plants and animals to their lists of endangered and threatened species and are currently considering adding 100 more.

Two well - accepted species of wolf - like canid animals inhabit North America: the gray wolf — currently listed as endangered — and the widespread coyote.

Moreover, they observe, «most countries do not have endangered species legislation of any kind, and if they do, laws are unlikely to be consistent across the 18 nations where the jaguar is currently found.»

This critically endangered frog is currently only one of two species known to adopt this novel reproductive strategy.

Kemp's ridley turtles are currently classified as critically endangered on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species.

Eight species currently considered to be of low - concern are, according to this system, actually critically endangered.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which funded the study, is currently considering whether to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Specispecies under the Endangered SpeciesSpecies Act.

If this sounds like a relatively small undertaking, consider that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service currently lists more than 900 species as endangered.

There are currently more than 900 endangered animal species on the planet, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Despite the animal's remarkable endurance, the tadpole shrimp is currently listed as an endangered species.

Close to 17,000 plants and animals are currently listed as endangered species.

The assigned - district school, which currently provides services to 76 percent of all students, may be an endangered species.

The species is very long - lived for a rodent, with an average lifespan of 15 years (the oldest known individual lived to 31), and is currently not endangered.

The Sunda pangolin is currently a critically endangered species.

He currently serves as consultant to the Smithsonian Institution for veterinary matters and for endangered species world - wide.

Southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) like Oz, Brighton, Bixby and Cruz are currently listed on the U.S. Endangered Species Act as «threatened» and under the Marine Mammal Protection Act as «depleted.»

Both are not currently considered as endangered species on a global scale however they do fall under the near threatened category in IUCN's red list.

This collection of drawings represents 66 of 72 clam and mussel species currently listed as endangered.

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Currently the NSW government deals with endless submissions and appeals related to threats to groundwater, endangered species, soils, native title, etc., whenever it receives an application for a new fossil fuel or forestry - related project.

Currently the Victorian government deals with endless submissions and appeals related to threats to groundwater, endangered species, soils, native title, etc., whenever it receives an application for a new fossil fuel or logging project.

According to the Audubon analysis, which is currently undergoing peer review for journal publication, more than half of North America's bird species will be «climate - threatened» or «climate - endangered» by the end of the century — under a range of future emissions scenarios.

Currently, overallocated water resources are being further stressed by increased demands due to population growth, tribal settlements, changes in land use, recreation needs, and mandated requirements for instream flows for ecosystem functioning and endangered - species preservation (6 — 9).

The BBC also pointed out that the stock of East Atlantic bluefin tuna has fallen so quickly that there is a possibility of it being listed as an endangered species; the southern bluefin tuna is currently listed as critically endangered.

WildEarth Guardians has released a report grading states and federal agencies on their support of the cute critters and what they're doing to help keep the populations from shrinking further.Taking into consideration factors like habitat preservation, plague monitoring and conservation plans, the report card showed most states sitting below a B, with only Arizona and the National Park Service actually scoring a B. With all species declining and nearing threatened and endangered status, and the Mexican prairie dog currently listed as endangered, protection of this important animal is important.

The Center is currently in court to upgrade the polar bear's status from «threatened» to «endangered» and to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions in the lower 48 states, which are contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice, are subject to Endangered Species Act rendangered» and to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions in the lower 48 states, which are contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice, are subject to Endangered Species Act rEndangered Species Act regulation.

Currently finishing her next book, the other half of «Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink,» Goodall is focusing on «the world» part, dealing with the environment and its underpinnings.