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This blog post originally appeared on Mongabay, November 13, 2018 by Mike Gaworecki E.O. Wilson out in nature. Photo Credit: © Piotr Naskrecki. • On this episode, a progress report on the Half-Earth Project direct from legendary conservation biologist E.O. Wilson. • When Mongabay contributor Jeremy Hance spoke with Dr. Wilson back in January of 2017, Wilson said he’d found the goal of Half-Earth w

by Mark Aspelin Part 5 of a 5-part series   So far in this blog series, we’ve been looked at the role of corporations in addressing three major threats to biodiversity: habitat destruction, invasive species, and pollution. In this fifth and final post, we’ll explore another big biodiversity threat: overharvesting. “Overharvesting” is a broad term that refers to the harvesting of a renewable r

Burt’s Bees Foundation Sponsors Half-Earth Day Celebration, Commits to Mapping Bee Species Worldwide DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 22 – Burt’s Bees will partner with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation to map 6,000 bee species worldwide, supporting one of the grandest conservation efforts of our time. The partnership was announced during the second annual Half-Earth Day celebration, this year held