Ark of the Broken Covenant Protecting the World's Biodiversity Hotspots

Subjects:

• Law » Contemporary Law
• Law » International Law
• Science » Environmental Science
• Political Science » International Relations

Awards:

• Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2003

Reviews:

• Original, stimulating, and accessible reading for ecologists, conservation biologists, and environmental policy and legal scholars at all levels. Highly recommended. All levels.
  —Choice October 2003
• Blending scientific and legal expertise, the author tries to prove that a devastating ecological crisis is imminent, or even underway already, and that conservation law has yet to catch up with biological science. He asserts that there is more to gain than lose by legally protecting biological hotspots.
  —Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment .
• [K]unich's book is an important contribution to this issue of global concern, as it raises the level of the biodiversity debate to a search for practical solutions. The book has a wealth of references and details for the serious reader, but at the same time, it is written in a casual tone . The book is filled with analogies, starting with the title, in which the 'ark' symbolises the biodiversity hotspots which are "lifeboat for earth's living things." The hotspots are obviously a key target for protection efforts. However, because these areas are so complex, controversial, and difficult to work in, little has been done to date. This book may contribute to changing that.
  —Natural Resources FORUM November 2003
• [P]rovides a sobering lookn at a sobering toic-extinction....Consider our nation's willingness to commit resourcers, peopple, and money in fighting the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction. Isn't the threat of mass extinction in the world's hotspots" on the same scale and shouldn't the same or greater resources be brought to bear on a potential solution? Ark of Broken Covenant poses that challenge.
  —The State of The Natural Resources Literature 2003

• Endorsement From J. B. Ruhl
  Joseph Story Professor of Law
  Florida State University: John Kunich has produced a pathbreaking fusion of bio-geography and law. . . . He makes a compelling case for taking action through an innovative statutory framework which, while domestic in origin, holds the potential to unite international communities toward the common goal of conserving these important global resources for the future.
• Endorsement From Norman Myers
  Fellow, Oxford University: I welcome this breakthrough which shows that our current legal safeguards are quite inadequate for conservation purposes, and which proposes a highly innovative legal strategy to knock a big dent in the mass extinction underway.