President of AmericabidenThe government announced on the 28th that it will protect and restore endangered species and their habitatstrumpA series of weak rules.
Newly amended rules promoted as response to BidenClimate changeEvidence, however, from some environmental groups says the changes do not fully restore the necessary protections.
The Central News Agency quoted AFP as saying that Martha Williams, director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, said in a press release: “These changes to the rules indicate the need to use all tools at our disposal to try to stop Underscoring our commitment.” Preventing the decline of endangered species and promoting population stability.
The main wildlife conservation measures in the United States were implemented in the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This law is credited with saving many iconic American species. However, in 2019, the Trump administration weakened some of these measures; Which also includes giving permission to companies to build roads. Pipelines, mines, and other projects in areas designated as “critical habitat” for the species.
Although the Biden administration has reinstated some measures, some environmental groups complain that the Biden administration has failed to reverse various changes made by Trump in 2019, which laid the foundation for further harm to American wildlife.
Drew Caputo, an attorney with the nonprofit public interest law firm Earthjustice, said in a statement that the Biden administration had the opportunity to fully reverse the harm done to the Endangered Species Protection Act and the endangered species it protects, but only did half of it. .
Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, an American ecological conservation group, also called on the US government to “end the nightmare Trump has created for wildlife.”
Jealous said in a statement, “At this moment, we must listen to scientists and take immediate action to save biodiversity, rather than allow Trump to weaken environmental protection measures and sell off our ecology to big corporations. Needed.”
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