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Fischman RL, Ruhl JB, Forester BR, Lama TM, Kardos M, Rojas GA, Robinson NA, Shirey PD, Lamberti GA, Ando AW, Palumbi S, Wara M, Schwartz MW, Williamson MA, Berger-Wolf T, Beery S, Rolnick D, Kitzes J, Thau D, Tuia D, Rubenstein D, Hickman CR, Thorstenson J, Kaebnick GE, Collins JP, Jayaram A, Deleuil T, Zhao Y. A landmark environmental law looks ahead. Science 2023; 382:1348-1355. [PMID: 38127744 DOI: 10.1126/science.adn3245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
Abstract
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.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - J B Ruhl
- Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN, USA
| | | | - Tanya M Lama
- Department of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA
| | - Marty Kardos
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Grethel Aguilar Rojas
- Director General, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
| | - Nicholas A Robinson
- Executive Governor, International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), New York, NY, USA
| | - Patrick D Shirey
- Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
| | - Gary A Lamberti
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
| | - Amy W Ando
- Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Stephen Palumbi
- Department of Oceans and Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Michael Wara
- Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Mark W Schwartz
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
| | | | - Tanya Berger-Wolf
- Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Wild Me, Portland, OR, USA
| | - Sara Beery
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - David Rolnick
- School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Mila-Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
| | - Justin Kitzes
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
| | - David Thau
- World Wildlife Fund, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Devis Tuia
- School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion, Switzerland
| | - Daniel Rubenstein
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
| | - Caleb R Hickman
- Office of Fisheries & Wildlife Management, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC, USA
| | | | | | - James P Collins
- School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
| | | | | | - Ying Zhao
- CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
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