'Recovery Plan' is a program in the
USA to develop protocols for protecting and enhancing
rare and
endangered species populations. The
United States Environmental Protection Agency, under authority of the U.S. Congress via the
Endangered Species Act, implemented this program beginning in the early 1970s. By the year 2005 thousands of species in the U.S. have had an approved Recovery Plan prepared. This program is a precursor of
Biodiversity Action Plans recognized as important to the international community in the year 1992.
See also
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Biodiversity
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Holocene Extinction Event
External links
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IUCN Summary Statistics for Globally Threatened Species
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Example of notice for species Recovery Plan