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Our survival is inextricably entwined with the survival of all species that call our planet home, yet our current destructive trajectory is resulting in mass extinction of species and irreparable damage to our world. With his Half-Earth call-to-action, E.O. Wilson has created the groundwork for one of the grandest conservation efforts of our time, the Half-Earth Project. On April 27 Dr. Paula Ehrl

Dr. Paula Ehrlich, President & CEO of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, presented on the ideas and vision behind the Half-Earth Project at the Smithsonian’s Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, DC. On April 22, Ehrlich spoke on the panel, “Science, Conservation, Inspiration: Artists, Scientist, and Institutions Coming Together.” View an archive video recording of the

E.O. Wilson recently spoke with Frank Graff from “North Carolina Science Now” about Half-Earth. Watch a segment from their interview below. More about the Half-Earth Project: A Partnership to Save Half the Earth for the Rest of Life The mass extinction of the natural world ranks with pandemics and world war as among the deadliest threats that humanity has imposed on itself. In the past