Building the Next Ark: How NGOs work to protect biodiversity

摘要

This book begins with a simple statement, "A new ark is needed." In the book's introduction, the author, Michael M. Gunter, Jr., suggests that the current estimate of fifty thousand species extinctions per year constitutes a modern-day "flood of potentially biblical proportions," and that "playing Noah," although not easy, will necessarily feature environmental NGOs as central players.