Changes to the ESA must: -…

Changes to the ESA must:

- recognize that we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, and that it is human driven
- recognize climate change and consider it in implementation of the ESA

- Uphold Article 19 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
States shall consult and cooperate in good faith with the indigenous peoples concerned through
their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free, prior and informed consent before adopting and implementing legislative or administrative measures that may affect them.

- Uphold this commitment and the intent and purpose of the ESA:
"The government is committed to ensuring that the Endangered Species Act provides stringent protections for species at risk, continuing to work with stakeholders and Indigenous peoples to improve its effectiveness" - IN PROTECTING SAR, - "and modernizing the program based on best practices in other jurisdictions."

Landscape Approaches

- must be focused on protecting sar populations, habitat and ecosystem recovery

Listing Process and Protections for Species at Risk

- must be independent-science based and without political interference
- need to allow for science based strategic direction (e.g. prioritization) of effort and resources

Species Recovery Policies and Habitat Regulations

- must be independent-science based and without political interference
- need to allow for science based strategic direction (e.g. prioritization) of effort and resources

Authorization Processes

- sar protection must not be watered down
- streamlining must not equal weakening
- must allow for permit applications to be denied - in practice, not just theoretically