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| Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) |
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agreements between the federal government and private landowners that allow a landowner to destroy or alter the critical habitat of an endangered species in exchange for protecting similar or better habitat elsewhere, or by contributing to a program to destroy degraded habitat |
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if new information or new endangered species are discovered on private land covered by HCP, the landowner is exempt from doing anything about it |
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| establishes a baseline level for the population of an endangered species on land covered by HCP; if the population level rises above the baseline the landowner can remove the “extra” individuals |
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| specifically designed for wildlife without human benefit; federal protection of any endangered species in the US, designation of habitat critical to the survival of the species, procedure to determine status of endangered species |
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1972, first national legislation to emphasize the stability of ecosystem as the primary objective |
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| Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) |
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to protect the viability and survival of species from threats caused by international trade involving those species or products made from them |
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| banned ivory trade, which dropped world market 30%-50%; ban was removed from select African countries |
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