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“And/also”, not “Either/or” — The need to restore nature AND cut emissions The article originally appeared in Medium, May 4, 2020 “The many challenges to life on our planet require bold actions and a sustainable management that includes biodiversity and nature as part of the solution. The Nature-based solutions (NBS) framework for tackling socio-environmental challenges has this ambition at

This article was originally published in The Bitter Southerner on April 21, 2020 Story by Caleb Johnson | Photographs by Irina Zhorov In the 1940s, E.O. Wilson was an Alabama teenager who wandered the bottomland around Mobile and studied its creatures. He never stopped and became the world’s foremost authority on biodiversity. He’s 90 now, but still working, because he knows there’s a way to undo

Paula J. Ehrlich, President and CEO of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation spoke with Diane Wittner, Producer and Co-Host of Solutionary Perspectives to discuss the Half-Earth Project, the threats to biodiversity, and how we can protect the species of our planet so that they, and we, can thrive together. In the interview clips below, Dr. Ehrlich addresses the importance of the Half-Earth ̶