Sentences with phrase «endangered populations does»

Church and others, though, argue that de-extincting animals sparks the imagination in ways that merely maintaining endangered populations doesn't.

Not exact matches

Allowing free access to contraceptives doesn't endanger our population, it allows families to have a number of children that they know they can support, families with more can support more, and there is nothing stopping them.

The campaign aims to help the endangered animals in their homeland, educate the public about the damage ivory consumption does to elephant populations and secure a moratorium on ivory trading in the U.S., the world's second largest importer of ivory.

«Don't «bee» worried: Researcher says endangered bumblebee populations will rise again.»

Schwartz now wants to do a Yellowstone - wide hair study to help pin down grizzly population trends — information that could prove pivotal in the hot debate over whether the animals are prospering enough to be removed from the U.S. endangered species list (Science, 23 April 1999, p. 568).

After 40 months of deliberation, the agency concluded that «the species is not on the brink of imminent extinction,» because of the large Caspian population, and therefore does not qualify as «endangered,» says Roddy Gabel, chief of the USFWS Division of Scientific Authority.

The animals» surprising genetic history could affect how they are protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), which does not have any provisions for protecting genetically mixed populations.

Although the International Union for Conservation of Nature does not consider the spotted, spinner, and bottlenose dolphins endangered, the scientists say the organization's classifications don't reflect what is happening to these insular populations — which, they say, urgently need monitoring and management.

The San Miguel population, which was once the most endangered, made such a strong recovery through the captive breeding programme, and the wild population was doing so well, that all releasable individuals were returned to the wild in July 2007.

Not only does this afford the opportunity to study these endangered populations but it also exposes the world to their plight.

We can do something about the projected population trends in deeply endangered areas, such as Africa and India, they are immediate and devastating threats, but they can be reversed.

Southern right whale and western bowhead whale populations are depleted but appear to be recovering; this does not mean that they should no longer be considered endangered, but simply that they are doing much better than their cousins in terms of recovery.

The Chinese and Indians, etc. are not going to do this and, thereby, endanger the chances of improving the lot of their populations.

Pelican populations are doing well now, but they had a close call with the introduction of insecticides like DDT to the ecosystem — their numbers dwindled dangerously low and they were listed as endangered in 1970.

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.

And so, along with scientists who believe the bears are severely threatened, the producers also interviewed Mitch Taylor, a Canadian expert on polar bears who doesn't believe the bears are endangered (he says only two of the 19 polar bear populations are in decline; the program itself said half are in decline) and doesn't believe global warming is primarily human - caused or potentially catastrophic.