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Jonathan H. Adler
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The Endangered Species Act has been horribly ineffective at recovering species, so don't assume "weakening" existing regs is bad for conservation.
Here's a @PERCtweets report supporting some of the revisions Interior announced today.
perc.org/2018/04/24/the…
@PERCtweets Here's the official Interior Department announcement about the revisions:
doi.gov/pressreleases/…
The regs are here:
fws.gov/endangered/imp…
@PERCtweets Here's my own assessment of the ESA from a few years back:
aei.org/publication/th…
I even edited a book about it:
aei.org/publication/re…
@PERCtweets And for a discussion of the (mis)use of science in species conservation, you can check out this piece:
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…
(excerpt here: perc.org/2018/07/13/the… )
And here's an extensive discussion of why the ESA's regulation of private land use under Section 9 is bad for conservation.
lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewconten…
Given that endangered listing does not appear (and may harm) conservation on private land, relaxing regs for species listed as "threatened" could actually help with conservation.
Bottom-line: The details of ESA regulatory reforms announced today matter. Some changes better/worse than others. But don't reflexively assume changing - or even "weakening" - existing regs is bad for conservation. ESA itself has not been so great for species.
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