Four Challenges to an Effective National Nature Assessment
Comprehensive biodiversity assessments play an essential role in strengthening global and national conservation strategies. The recently announced first US National Nature Assessment provides a unparalleled opportunity to comprehensively review …
Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape
The Interactive Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape Map was developed by Defenders of Wildlife in support of the Northwest Florida Sentinel Landscape. This interactive map overlays many data layers showing the opportunities and constraints for …
Comments on NOAA's Draft Mitigation Policy for Trust Resources
In biodiversity conservation, mitigation means steps taken to avoid, minimize, or offset the impacts of human activities on the biodiversity world. Strong mitigation helps conserve existing natural resources and recover degraded ones, and federal …
A Monitoring Policy Framework for the United States Endangered Species Act
Biodiversity is deteriorating at a global level as human actions like development, overexploitation, climate change, pollution, and other factors have led to a dramatic increase in the rate of extinction. The U.S. Endangered Species Act is considered …
EarthEnticate
EarthEnticate is under construction but will eventually become a mobile friendly web app that lets users look for habitat loss within the range of their favorite endangered species, while simultaneously helping Defenders improve machine learning …
Habitat Patrol
Laws and regulations that protect imperiled species and their habitats are often limited by inadequate monitoring and enforcement. We developed Habitat Patrol to help address this critical need. Habitat Patrol is a free, public web application that …
Impacts to Wildlife Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: March 2020 Waivers
The Trump Administration has continued to advance work on the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. In March 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally announced waivers for new sections of wall along the southern borders of …
A Monitoring Policy Framework for the United States Endangered Species Act
Biodiversity is deteriorating at a global level as human actions like development, overexploitation, climate change, pollution, and other factors have led to a dramatic increase in the rate of extinction. The U.S. Endangered Species Act is considered …
Recovery units under the Endangered Species Act could be used more widely
Recovering species is one of the main goals of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the face of limited budgets, diverse tools are needed to find efficient solutions. Recovery units may be one such tool -designated portions of a species range that …