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T. philippinensis. Binomial name. Tectona philippinensis. Benth. & Hook.f. ex Merr. [1] Tectona philippinensis, also called Philippine teak, [1] is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae, formerly classified in the Verbenaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. The species is endangered due to land conversion and logging for its timber.
The list is pursuant to Republic Act No. 9147, or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act. [1] Species are assessed solely according to their population in the Philippines and hence may not be in line with other conversation lists such as the IUCN Red List which list the Crab-eating macaque (including subspecies the Philippine ...
This is a list of threatened plant and animal species in the Philippines as classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It includes vulnerable (VU), endangered (EN), critically endangered (CR), and recently extinct (EX) species. It excludes near threatened (NT), data deficient (DD), and prehistoric species. [1]
The Endangered Species Act was just one in a raft of environmental legislation passed beginning in the mid-1960s that included the Clean Water As the Endangered Species Act turns 50, those who ...
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA ...
The Endangered Species Act was enacted on Dec. 28, 1973, to establish protections for fish, wildlife and plants that are considered to be threatened or endangered.
Tectona is native to south and southeast Asia, mainly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, and are commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. They are large trees, growing to 30–40 m (90–120 ft.) tall, deciduous in the dry season. Tectona grandis is an economically important species which is the ...
The two bat varieties are designated as imperiled under the Endangered Species Act, the bedrock U.S. law intended to keep animal and plant types from dying out. ... Enacted in 1973 amid fear for ...