Publications
Defenders of Wildlife produces many reports, fact sheets, tip sheets and other types of publications.
Use the dropdown boxes below to find publications related to specific animals, conservation issues, and regions.
A CITES shipment must be considered legal only when it is accompanied by a permit issued by the Management Authority of the exporting country, after making the Legal Acquisition Finding and receiving the Non-Detriment Finding from the Scientific Authority. This document provides guidance recommendations for CITES Authorities to issue an export, import or re-export CITES permit.
Shark newsletter includes news from around the world on the status, international trade and new regulations for sharks and mantas.
With this letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, 100 conservation groups across the country urged the Department of Agriculture to reject a petition filed by the state of Alaska to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The Roadless Rule is a landmark conservation regulation that protects about 58 million acres of remaining roadless areas in the national forest system.
From the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border passes through regions rich in biological diversity and communities engaged in conservation. For decades, U.S. and Mexican agencies, nonprofits, universities and ranchers, retirees and others have teamed up to restore rivers, streams, forests, grasslands and at-risk wildlife, to keep habitat linkages intact and to protect large natural areas.
The 2,000-mile u.s.-mexico border passes through several conservation hotspots, including two in Arizona, the Sonoran Desert and the Sky Islands. These are areas important to endangered and threatened species and other wildlife and in which the United States and Mexico have significant investments in conservation lands and collaborative projects.
The 2,000-mile u.s.-mexico border passes through several conservation hotspots where
the United States and Mexico have significant investments in conservation lands and collaborative projects to protect endangered and threatened species and other wildlife. Texas has two hotspots: the Big Bend area along the Rio Grande to the west and the Lower Rio Grande Valley on the Gulf Coast in the east.
The 2,000-mile u.s.-mexico border passes through several conservation hotspots, including
the coastal area of southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico, known as the Californias. Seventy-two percent of the border here is already blocked by fencing. Adding even
more would have devastating consequences for wildlife, people and binational conservation efforts
and investments.
The Puget Sound is home to a diverse marine ecosystem and
several endangered species, including southern resident orcas
and their primary prey, chinook salmon. The sound is also
home to an active boating community, which comes with
an unfortunate downside: abandoned and derelict vessels.
Owners who have either lost interest or can no longer afford
to operate and maintain their vessels often leave them to
sit and deteriorate. Over time, decay and storms set many
abandoned vessels adrift. These derelict vessels wash ashore
or sink and are a major source of pollution harmful to orcas,
salmon and other marine wildlife.
After decades of studying southern resident orcas, we now know much about their behavior, culture—the learned behaviors unique to this population—and what they need to survive. We also have answers to some of the most pressing questions about the population’s decline, including the impact of toxic chemicals found in the orcas’ food supply.
