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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?
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Half-Earth Champions
Nicole Hance
Nicole Hance joined the Foundation in January 2019 in the new role of Business Manager, bringing 10 years of experience across multiple functional business skill sets. Nicole will manage day-to-day office operations to support Foundation and Half-Earth Project programs and initiatives.
Dennis WC. Liu, PhD
A nationally recognized expert in science education, Dennis Liu builds the Half-Earth Project Educator Ambassador initiative, which launched at Half-Earth Day 2018, and will be responsible for managing and leading the Half-Earth Chairs & Scholars program.
Scott Rinnan
Scott Rinnan is a Post-Doctoral Associate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University with a Ph.D. in Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management. Scott is working to identify Half-Earth conservation priorities that give us the best opportunity to protect the most species.
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