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Ecotourism
The enterprises involved in promoting tourism of unusual or interesting ecological sites.
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biodiversity
The diversity of living things found in the natural world.
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intrinsic value
The value that living organisms or species have in their own right; they don’t have to be useful to have value.
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instrumental value
The value that living organisms or species have in virtue of their benefit to people.
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Lacey Act
Passed in 1900, it gave protection to wildlife by forbidding interstate commerce from illegally killed animals.
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genetic bank
The concept that natural ecosystems with all their species serve as a repository of genes that may be drawn upon to improve domestic plants and animals and to develop new medicines.
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endangered species
A species whose total population is declining to relatively low levels such that if the trend continues, the species will likely become extinct.
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Endangered Species Act (ESA)
The federal legislation that mandates the protection of species and their habitats which are determined to be in danger of extinction.
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biological wealth
The life-sustaining combination of commercial, scientific, and aesthetic values imparted to a region by its biota.
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natural capital
The natural assets and the services that they perform; a form of the wealth of a nation.
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habitat conservation plan
A plan that may be drafted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service in working with landowners to help mitigate conflicts resulting from the Endangered Species Act.
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keystone species
A species whose role is essential for the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.
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