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Dear Friends, In a relative blink of evolutionary time, humanity has become master of a global endgame. Our unique blend of animal instinct and social and cultural genius has created a historic path of reckless consequence for all of life on Earth. As this New Year dawns, however, I’m heartened by the way that people have come together under the umbrella of the Half-Earth Project as a goal of hope

The article originally appeared in Sierra on December 28, 2019. By Jason Mark Last fall, UC Berkeley hosted Half-Earth Day, a symposium to explore the idea of setting aside 50 percent of Earth’s lands and oceans for conserving biodiversity. The Half-Earth concept was conceived by E.O. Wilson, the eminent biologist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and noted myrmecologist (that’s someone who studies