Management of threatened and endangered species would seem to be a perfect context for
adaptive management. Many of the decisions are recurrent and plagued by uncertainty …

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops.
They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in …

Environmental law plays a key role in shaping policy for sustainability of social–ecological
systems. In particular, the types of legal instruments, institutions, and the response of law to …

Habitat loss is major factor in the endangerment and extinction of species around the world.
One promising strategy to balance continued habitat loss and biodiversity conservation is …

Now forty years old, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in
conservation and one of the world's most comprehensive laws designed to prevent species …

Defining and measuring sustainability of bioenergy systems are difficult because the
systems are complex, the science is in early stages of development, and there is a need to …

Environmental policies designed to trigger renewable energy and those to protect
biodiversity are not necessarily aligned, creating a dilemma as far as different ecosystem …

Executive Summary Passed in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) authorizes the US
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

Abstract The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among
the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent …

There has been dramatic variation across the centuries in the ways that US governments
have approached and managed their obligations to public lands, natural resources, and …