[Coral-List] new interventions for saving corals

[Douglas Fenner]

A new article on the US Endangered Species Act, which is now 50 years old,
has a set of relatively short, perspective-type articles, including one:

Palumbi and Wara, "Pushing boundaries with new interventions" on corals.

Most of the rest of the articles are also relevant to coral reefs though
they usually focus on terrestrial species.  For example, one is on CITES,
which is important for regulating trade between countries, including
species on coral reefs that are listed on CITES, such as corals and giant
clams.  CITES is now 50 years old as well.  It has been signed by 183
countries (which by signing agree to pass national legislation to
administer and enforce it), it has "legal teeth" and is one of the most
successful conservation laws ever and covers 40,900 species currently!)

The whole collection of essays is open-access and appeared in the Dec issue
of Science.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn3245

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

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