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forbids government and private citizens from harming endangered and threatened species or their habitats
-ESA forbids trade in products made from species that are on the list
-requires the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to maintain the official list of endangered and threatened organisms, and to develop recovery plans for each protected species.
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It is based on three key elements—listing species as threatened or endangered, designating habitat essential for their survival and recovery, and ultimately restoring healthy populations of the species so they can be removed from the list.
