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NEW: Study Shows “Half-Earth” Doubles Gains for Orangutans A new orangutan study recently published in the conservation journal Oryx,  found by applying Half-Earth principles, concluded that it would reduce population decline of orangutans by at least half compared to current management. “The good news is that this analysis predicts that, if orangutan killing and habitat loss were

Originally published on CNN.com, October 22nd By Lydia Strohl (Opinion Contributer) When I first learned that October 22 marks Half-Earth Day, I thought it was because the date is six months to Earth Day. (True.) But it’s got a message all its own. Half-Earth is the notion that for humans to survive, we must retain earth’s waning biodiversity by reserving half the planet for nature, stabilizing la

On Half-Earth Day 2022, the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation gathered leaders in Washington, DC for two days of events to offer a hopeful solution to the global biodiversity extinction threat. Just ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in December, these timely Half-Earth Day events at th