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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?
Let Science Speak
“Folks ask ‘why should I care about the ocean. I’m not anywhere near it. It doesn’t affect me.’
Science is showing us that most of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean… To me, the ocean is life.”
- Dawn Wright, Esri Chief Scientist and E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Board Member
Watch Additional Highlights from Half-Earth Day 2020Science is showing us that most of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean… To me, the ocean is life.”
- Dawn Wright, Esri Chief Scientist and E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Board Member
Half-Earth Champions
Amanda Briody
Amanda Briody is the Master Ambassador of the Half-Earth Project Educator Ambassador Program. She loves to share her work by designing and facilitating professional learning courses and workshops for Baltimore City Public Schools Science Teachers.
Piotr Naskrecki
Piotr Naskrecki is the inaugural Half-Earth Chair. An entomologist, conservation biologist, author, and photographer, he is based at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He currently directs the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.
Amy Tidovsky
As Vice President of Development, Amy Tidovsky leads fundraising in support of the foundation’s mission, strategies and projects. She has deep experience in major and principal gifts fundraising, capital campaigns, board development, philanthropy training and consultation and non-profit leadership and management.
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