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Forest Reserve Act
set aside forest reserves from the land to the public. -
Lacey Act
protects both the wildlife and plants from any harm by creating civil and criminal penalties for any who violate the policy. -
Lacey Act
One of the earliest laws in the U.S. that prohibits the transport of illegally harvested game animals across state lines. -
Antiquities Act
designates national monuments -
National Park Service Act
established the National Park Service. -
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
protects the immigration of birds from the United States to Great Britain. -
Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act
requires for each waterfowl younger than 16 to have a valid hunting stamp. -
Taylor Grazing Act
regulates grazing on the public lands to simply improve the rangeland conditions and regulate its uses. -
Soil Conservation Act
allowed the government to pay farmers to slow down their production rate to conserve the soil and prevent any instances of erosion. -
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IUCN’s vision is a just world that values and conserves nature.
The IUCN keeps a list of threatened species, known as the red list. -
Price-Anderson Act
governs liability issues for any non-military nuclear constructed in the U.S. before 2026. -
Land and Water Conservation Act
provide funds and grants to federal, state and local governments for the acquisition of land and water for the benefit of all Americans. -
Clean Air Act
designed to protect human health and the environment by regulating the air pollution. -
Wilderness Act
recognizes the wilderness as an area where the earth and its surrounding community are full of life and where man may be a visitor but not a trespasser. -
Water Pollution Control Act
regulates pollutant discharges into the water of the United States. -
Clean Water Act
regulates the pollutant discharges into the water in the U.S. -
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Prohibits the killing of all marine mammals in the U.S. and prohibits the import or export of any marine mammal body parts. -
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora controls the international trade of threatened plants and animals.
International agreement between 175 countries. -
Endangered Species Act
helps the species that are endangered or threatened throughout all the ecosystems. -
Endangered Species Act
Authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine which species can be listed as threatened or endangered and prohibits the harming/trading of these species.The act also authorizes the government to purchase habitat that is critical to the species. -
Safe Drinking Water Act
provides public health by regulating the nations public drinking water supply among Americans -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
governs the disposal of any solid waste and hazardous waste. -
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
was designed to fund the cleanup of sites that had hazardous materials in them. -
Convention on Biological Diversity
Established a treaty to protect biodiversity.
Conservation
Sustainable use
Equitably share the benefits that emerge from the commercial use of resources (i.e. pharmaceutical drugs). -
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
pesticide regulations to protect any applicators, consumers and the environment around it.