Ruhl, Robbins, and Börk's The Law of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, 5th

This law school casebook covers the study of ecosystem and biodiversity policy and protection. The book defines biodiversity and outlines factors in choosing among different policy approaches for its protection. The authors include original notes and questions to stimulate class discussion. The fifth edition contains substantial updating throughout the text, including updated science on biodiversity loss and its ramifications for humanity. The casebook covers the Trump and Biden administrations' drastically different approaches to climate policy, endangered species protection, and ecosystem management and addresses the Supreme Court decisions fundamentally reshaping administrative law itself. New materials include major Supreme Court decisions reshaping environmental law, enhanced treatment of tribal sovereignty in resource management, and the evolving role of state and local governments in biodiversity protection. Readers will find some key new cases, such as the great controversy over the dusky gopher frog, major steps in climate change policy, like the Paris Agreement, and much more.