POL 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cites
7 Dec 2015
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Successes and failures of esa (endangered species act) Birding- private effort of individuals to study/observe birds- contributing to the knowledge base. International agreements typically have a mechanism in which a country can limit their obligations to a treaty. Major treaties: trade of endangered species: cites: convention on trade in endangered species of wild fauna and. Limited because nations can disagree on listing: reservations: japan has 12 reservations: turtles, ivory, etc, african nations have large numbers of reservations. 1970"s economic problems- enormously high unemployment and inflation. Dod: agency leaders: 80% had previous government experience and most in, dod"s planning committee for weapons systems, strategic budget proposals for 1st year, agency leaders: all lacked government experience and most had. Benefit-cost analysis (bca: executive order #12291, reagan"s assumption: net regulatory benefits scarce- it is going to support not taking action, order explicitly violates certain environmental statutes.
