A landmark environmental law looks ahead

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Fischman, Robert L.; Ruhl, J. B.; Forester, Brenna R.; Lama, Tanya M.; Kardos, Marty; Rojas, Grethel Aguilar; Robinson, Nicholas A.; Shirey, Patrick D.; Lamberti, Gary A.; Ando, Amy W.; Palumbi, Stephen; Wara, Michael; Schwartz, Mark W.; Williamson, Matthew A.; Berger-Wolf, Tanya; Beery, Sara; Rolnick, David; Kitzes, Justin; Thau, David; Tuia, Devis; Rubenstein, Daniel; Hickman, Caleb R.; Thorstenson, Julie; Kaebnick, Gregory E.; Collins, James P.; Jayaram, Athmeya; Deleuil, Thomas; Zhao, Ying
• 署名单位: Indiana University System; Vanderbilt University; United States Department of the Interior; US Fish & Wildlife Service; Smith College; National Oceanic Atmospheric Admin (NOAA) - USA; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; University of Notre Dame; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Stanford University; Stanford University; University of California System; University of California Davis; Boise State University; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); McGill University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; World Wildlife Fund; Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne; Princeton University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-12274
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adn3245
• 发表日期: 2023-12-22
• 页码: 1348-1355
• 关键词: endangered species act; adaptive management; assisted migration; CONSERVATION; gene

摘要

In late December 1973, the United States enacted what some would come to call the pitbull of environmental laws. In the 50 years since, the formidable regulatory teeth of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have been credited with considerable successes, obliging agencies to draw upon the best available science to protect species and habitats. Yet human pressures continue to push the planet toward extinctions on a massive scale. With that prospect looming, and with scientific understanding ever changing, Science invited experts to discuss how the ESA has evolved and what its future might hold. -Brad Wible