Defenders of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North America. Together, we can ensure a future for the ...
We are on the verge of a 6th Mass Extinction, with species being lost at up to 1,000 times faster than normal because of human activities. The United States recognized the risk early, with Congress ...
In the face of challenging headwinds, Defenders of Wildlife continues to advocate for critical funding and vital programs that save vulnerable ecosystems. And over the past year, our efforts have ...
Mae Lacey, Lindsay Rosa, Aimee Delach, Rupak Thapaliya, Michael Evans, Jessica Price, Karen Leu, Liz Galst, Stephen Lloyd, Catherine Morris, La’ Portia Perkins, Chelsea Schelly, August Schultz, Ellen ...
As climate change continues to accelerate, it is essential to protect natural habitats that act as carbon sinks. When these areas are developed and disturbed, additional carbon is released into the ...
A clear and consistent definition of “protected” or “conserved” is needed to establish priority values and required mechanisms for implementation of 30x30 for addressing the biodiversity and climate ...
A wetland is an area of land that is either covered or saturated with water for all or part of the year. Depending on how a wetland formed and the types of vegetation it supports, specific wetlands ...
The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects over 2,000 species, but no concise, standardized metrics exist for assessing changes in species recovery status. Tracking these changes is crucial to ...
The National Park Service finalized a regulation that abdicates the agency's responsibility to manage wildlife in Alaska's ...
This blog post presents an op-ed published in Common Dreams, written by Defenders of Wildlife’s Erica Pencak, warning that the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of the Endangered Species Act’s ...
When decisions impacting wildlife are made, it is necessary to take all the best available science into account. Unfortunately, large-scale decisions are frequently made without these considerations ...
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