The Half-Earth Project
Threats to the natural world are multiplying. Species are going extinct at an alarming rate.
“Unless we move quickly to protect global biodiversity, we will soon lose most of the species composing life on Earth.” —E.O. Wilson.
There’s a solution. It’s called the Half-Earth Project. If we conserve half the land and sea, we can still safeguard the bulk of our planet’s biodiversity.
But what would Half-Earth look like? How would we get there?
Find Out How“Unless we move quickly to protect global biodiversity, we will soon lose most of the species composing life on Earth.” —E.O. Wilson.
There’s a solution. It’s called the Half-Earth Project. If we conserve half the land and sea, we can still safeguard the bulk of our planet’s biodiversity.
But what would Half-Earth look like? How would we get there?
Half-Earth Champions
The Map of Life
The Map of Life is working with the Half-Earth Project to provide scientific leadership in support of our Half-Earth mapping efforts.
SUNY ESF
State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) has partnered with the Half-Earth Project to lead the Species Exploration and Biomimicry components of the Global Biodiversity Census initiative.
Vizzuality
Vizzuality has partnered with the Half-Earth Project to develop an interactive Half-Earth mapping tool to allow users to explore the geographical patterns of life and identify areas where conservation efforts need to be urgently raised if we are to avert further species loss.
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From Twitter
- Friday, as #EOWilson sat in the audience in Boston, Paul Simon dedicated “Questions to the Angels” to Wilson’s… https://t.co/HK8XO41pAp12hours ago
- "To a [teenager] exploring its edges during the early 1940s, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta was a stream-laced wilderness,… https://t.co/cXcH2OKVKa3days ago
- “Gorongosa National Park was rated one of the best, if not the very best park in Africa because of the number of in… https://t.co/ARjIbDYkgI4days ago
- #EOWilson is among the co-authors of a communication to government officials highlighting the threats to biodiversi… https://t.co/gcMf8WsxCF6days ago
- “If one had to give #EOWilson a single label, evolutionary biologist would be as good as any. Sociobiologist, lifel… https://t.co/x1W4mSFRkR7days ago
- Getting to #HalfEarth starts with species. "Pretending to protect species based purely on the number of acres prote… https://t.co/eYNPKZgiNX8days ago