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Excerpt – Plan to protect 30% of Earth divides and inspires at Cop15 The target is dominating at the biodiversity summit, but the problem of finding a balance between Indigenous peoples’ rights and conservation remains unresolved. Originally published Dec.12, 2022 in The Guardia

COP15 storytelling event that celebrates the practical solutions and partnerships that will be critical to achieving a nature positive future and 30×30, featuring IUCN, TNC, and EOWBF. Join Walter Jetz, Scientific Chair of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation, as he talks 30×30, Ha

E.O. Wilson once shared, “I express the belief that science and religion joined in an alliance…can save Creation, that is, life in the natural world. On behalf of Science, I will be so bold, to offer the hand of friendship.” In a special episode of Places and Voices of America th

The Half-Earth Project® presented “Places and Voices of America the Beautiful: Cities and Biodiversity” featuring, Myriam Dondzina, Amy Rosenthal, Deja Perkins, and Robert McDonald on May 20th. Watch it now. Cities and the concentrated development and habitation they entail

Half-Earth Project Science is Contributing to Saving Life on Earth The science developed and in-part, funded by the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is having a significant impact on our goal to preserve global biodiversity. High-quality science is critical, for example, to informi

  The Half-Earth Project® presents the second in a new discussion series, “Places and Voices of America the Beautiful: Chesapeake Bay.” The online discussions are focused on areas of great biodiversity in the United States and the pathways and people essential to protecting them.

This is our moment, and we are seizing it.  The Half-Earth Project took significant action this year to elevate the goal of conserving half the earth to protect biodiversity. Despite the global pandemic, we took our message to a global audience of world-leaders, influential scien

The Half-Earth Project® presents the first in a new discussion series, “Places and Voices of America the Beautiful: Southeastern Coasts and Forests,” that will run through 2022. The online discussions are focused on areas of great biodiversity in the United States and the pathways and

This article was originally published by Reuters on October 27, 2021. By Tim Mclaughlin and Kanupriya Kapoor The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will always be downward un

The growing movement to conserve 30% of the land and seas globally by 2030, known as 30X30, now has the support of the G7, which includes the US. Inspired by the theory of Half-Earth, 30X30 will be debated and considered this Fall at the COP Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunmi