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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life

Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life

by EdwardO.Wilson (Author)

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    Paperback 2017

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Synopsis

In his most urgent book to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and world-renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson states that in order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal, and Wilson proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. Identifying actual regions of the planet that can still be reclaimed-such as the California redwood forest, the Amazon River Basin, and grasslands of the Serengeti, among others- Wilson puts aside the prevailing pessimism of our times and creates a call to arms that offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Liveright
Published: 19 May 2017
ISBN 10: 1631492527
ISBN 13: 9781631492525

Media Reviews
As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, it [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is a much-needed antidote to the views of those who assert that our worldly woes are exaggerated and that everything is tickety-boo in the Garden of Eden. -- The Observer
...the conclusion to [Edward O. Wilson's] best-selling trilogy... -- BBC Wildlife
... in his new, important work Half-Earth... Wilson's gauntlet has been thrown: let the revolution begin. -- Geographical
It's time to make protecting the biodiversity of our planet the next great cause of planetary health. If one text could ignite this movement for biodiversity, it might be E 0 Wilson's book, Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life. -- The Lancet
[Wilson's] book... is provocative in all the best ways... -- The Guardian
Author Bio
Edward O. Wilson is the author of more than thirty books, including Anthill, a novel, and The Meaning of Human Existence, a finalist for the National Book Award. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University and lives with his wife, Irene, in Lexington, Massachusetts.