Endangered Species

ENDANGERED SPECIES

Some sites to help in this effort:

• The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  IUCN - The World Conservation Union, through its Species Survival Commission (SSC) has for four decades been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies, varieties and even selected subpopulations on a global scale in order to highlight taxa threatened with extinction, and therefore promote their conservation.
  http://www.redlist.org
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program
  The Fish and Wildlife Service, in the Department of the Interior, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, in the Department of Commerce, share responsibility for administration of the Endangered Species Act. Learn more about what the Fish and Wildlife Service does to carry out this responsibility.
  http://endangered.fws.gov/

• The NMFS Office of Protected Resources (OPR)
  OPR develops, implements, and administers programs for the protection, conservation, and recovery of species protected under the ESA.  The Office also develops and implements policies, procedures, and regulations for permits to take listed species according to the ESA.
  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/overview/es.html
• ES2000 - Endangered Species of the Next Millennium
  This ThinkQuest site will teach you, in English and Dutch, what animals are endangered, the causes of extinction, and what you can do to help! There are also videos, pictures and sounds.
  http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/

WWF: Endangered Wildlife
http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/
World Wildlife Fund's interactive endangered species web site, teaching people about the plight of tigers, pandas, rhinos, whales, and other species at risk.

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