§4263 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. CITES means the international treaty called the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, and its appendices. Conservation means the work needed to bring Asian elephants back to healthy wild numbers and keep them from going extinct; it covers many actions like habitat work, research and monitoring, helping create management plans, enforcing CITES and other laws with community help, moving elephants when needed, solving human‑elephant conflicts, and community outreach and education. Fund means the account created by Public Law 105–277 (division A, section 101(e), title I) under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” [16 U.S.C. 4246]. Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. Administrator means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development.

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In this chapter:

(1)The term “CITES” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed on March 3, 1973, and its appendices.

(2)The term “conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary to bring Asian elephants to the point at which there are sufficient populations in the wild to ensure that the species does not become extinct, including all activities associated with scientific resource management, such as conservation, protection, restoration, acquisition, and management of habitat; research and monitoring of known populations; assistance in the development of management plans for managed elephant ranges; CITES enforcement; law enforcement through community participation; translocation of elephants; conflict resolution initiatives; and community outreach and education.

(3)The term “Fund” means the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” [16 U.S.C. 4246].

(4)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.

(5)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277, referred to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–232. Provisions under the heading “multinational species conservation fund” in Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(e) [title I] appear at 112 Stat. 2681–237 and are classified in part to section 4246 of this title.

Amendments

2002—Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–141 substituted “the account established by division A, section 101(e), title I of Public Law 105–277 under the heading ‘multinational species conservation fund’ ” for “the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund established under section 4265(a) of this title”.

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