Building the next ark
Subtitle: how NGOs work to protect biodiversity
By: Michael M. Gunter, Jr
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Non-governmental organizations; Environmental protection; Biodiversity; Economic security
Description: "In an appraisal of the current threat to global biodiversity, Michael M. Gunter, Jr., concludes that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are in the best position to negotiate the powerful and often conflicting political and economic interests involved in species loss as well as species preservation." "Showing how NGOs fit into the landscape of international biodiversity protection and what makes them so effective, Gunter's work demonstrates that NGOs provide invaluable assistance by fostering fundamental linkages between domestic and international, ecological and economic, and short- an long-term considerations. Such linkages are of strategic importance, for they defuse special-interest political agendas and open up avenues for discussing biodiversity issues worldwide. In short, they help build the next ark."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and index