Over 27, 000 personnel are working to safeguard our coasts and protect endangered wildlife.
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Mr Fraser said that given 2013 was the Year of Natural Scotland, protecting fragile environments and endangered wildlife should be a priority.
The Endangered Wildlife Trust said it was shocked that the number of rhinos being killed was continuing to rise, AFP news agency reports.
People who organize for causes tend to gravitate toward particular issues whether it is fighting a disease, saving an endangered wildlife species or improving government.
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Adding salt to the wound, Claryca Mandan says, is that the USDA recently settled a lawsuit and agreed to changes in practices in order to protect endangered wildlife.
For those struggling to prevent the importation of pests or endangered wildlife, rapid and accurate identification tools are essential particularly when perishable goods are being held up.
His numerous accolades include being named the youngest virtual honorary ranger from SANParks, South Africa's national parks service, as well as an eco ambassador for the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
The rules eliminate the input of federal wildlife scientists in some endangered species cases, allowing the federal agency in charge of building, authorizing or funding a project to determine for itself if it is likely to harm endangered wildlife and plants.
As demand skyrockets with the burgeoning middle classes in countries like China and India, palm oil producers and buyers have come under fire from environmentalists for widespread deforestation in countries like Indonesia that contribute to climate change and extirpation of endangered wildlife.
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With regard to the problem of poaching of and illicit trade in endangered and protected wildlife and living marine resources, ASEAN welcomed U.S. support in combating illicit trade in wildlife, and both sides agreed to explore future cooperation in this area.
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Ranchers and farmers have complained for years about the damage feral pigs can cause, but federal and state officials said the loss of crops, the spread of noxious weeds as the pigs carry seeds to new spots and the stress they put on endangered species and other wildlife is now worse due to a persistent drought that has hammered two-thirds of the country.
HCPs, have become the tool of choice within the Endangered Species Act for preserving wildlife and fragile ecosystems.
As well as destabilizing human communities, logging also threatens to decimate an ecosystem that is critical for the survival of wildlife including forest elephants and endangered apes such as gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos.
In addition, a wide range of laws protecting wildlife and plants, including the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, also were significant accomplishments.
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That number convinced federal wildlife officials to remove them from the endangered species list.
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Looking ahead, Nadav says he'd like to expand the service to other game reserves so that he can improve the wildlife safari experience for tourists and help protect endangered species.
George Schaller of the Wildlife Conservation Society has fought for and studied the endangered species for 15 years.
Or, take a reforest trip and find endangered elephants at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary or endangered guar (wild cattle) at the Seladang-Gaur Wildlife Conservation Center.
In 1997 the services jointly withdrew a proposed rule to list Atlantic salmon in seven Maine rivers under the Endangered Species Act, resulting in a lawsuit led by the Defenders of Wildlife.
Lebanon is one of a few countries not signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), making it an easy transit point for wildlife smugglers, and it has few domestic animal-protection laws.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service must now decide whether to list the polar bear as endangered, or to put it in a lesser category of risk such as threatened, or to keep it off the list entirely - an option which would immediately lead to further legal action from the conservation coalition.
Conservation efforts have led to an increase in the manatee population, the commission said, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working on a rule that would reclassify the manatee from endangered to threatened.
The problem has long been recognized, and the aforementioned Habitats Directive -- a corollary of the 1979 Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats -- introduced a range of measures aimed at protecting endangered species (including plants, birds and fish as well as mammals).
Mr Howe added that the new Wildlife and Countryside Act, which gained Royal Assent earlier this year, should further help to protect endangered species.
Since 1976, trade in rhinoceros horn has been regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, a treaty signed by more than 175 countries to protect fish, wildlife and plants that are or may become imperiled as a result of demand in international markets.
The Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, calls for federal agencies to develop recovery plans for wolves and other threatened wildlife.
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