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Law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain.
Conservation -
One of the earliest laws in the U.S. that prohibits the transport of illegally harvested game animals across state lines.
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Bans trafficking in illegal wildlife. In 2008, the Act was amended to include plants and plant products such as timber and paper.
Other -
Established the first general legal protection of cultural and natural resources in the United States.
Conservation -
Set up the basic U.S. system of pesticide regulation to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment. Received a significant revision in 1972.
Pollution -
Established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the United States Department of the Interior.
Conservation/Wildlife -
Implemented the convention for the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Great Britain (acting on behalf of Canada).
Wildlife -
Requires each waterfowl hunter 16 years of age or older to possess a valid Federal hunting stamp.
Wildlife -
Provides for the regulation of grazing on the public lands (excluding Alaska) to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use.
Conservation -
Allowed the government to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion.
Conservation -
IUCN’s vision is a just world that values and conserves nature.
The IUCN keeps a list of threatened species, known as the red list. -
Governs liability-related issues for all non-military nuclear facilities constructed in the United States before 2026.
Other -
Designed to control air pollution on a national level.
Air -
Created the National Wilderness Preservation System and recognized wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”
Conservation -
Provides funds and matching grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water, and easements on land and water, for the benefit of all Americans.
Conservation -
Established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States
Water -
Established the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States.
Water -
Prohibits the killing of all marine mammals in the U.S. and prohibits the import or export of any marine mammal body parts.
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora controls the international trade of threatened plants and animals.
International agreement between 175 countries -
Provides for the conservation of species that are endangered or threatened throughout all or a significant portion of their range, and the conservation of the ecosystems on which they depend.
Wildlife -
Authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine which species can be listed as threatened or endangered and prohibits the harming/trading of these species.
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Federal law that protects public drinking water supplies throughout the nation.
Water -
Principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.
Disposal -
Designed to respond to situations involving the past disposal of hazardous substances.
Disposal -
Established a treaty to protect biodiversity.
Conservation
Sustainable use
Equitably share the benefits that emerge from the commercial use of resources (i.e. pharmaceutical drugs).