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“Unless humanity learns a great deal more about global biodiversity, and moves quickly to protect it, we will soon lose most of the species composing life on Earth.” —E.O. Wilson, Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life Remember when your family went on a long automobile ride and your

The Half-Earth Project powers one of the grandest conservation efforts of our time, and provides the urgently needed research, leadership and knowledge necessary to conserve half the planet. If we conserve half of our land and seas, the bulk of biodiversity will be safeguarded from ex

CO-SPONSORS: Wildlands Network • E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation • Endangered Species Coalition • Center for Large Landscape Conservation • Animal Welfare Institute • Sierra Club • Defenders of Wildlife • The Wilderness Society • National Wildlife Federation • National Parks and C

“Here’s What You Need to Know About Half-Earth Day” By Sarah Gibbens Originally published on October 23, 2017 by National Geographic Scientists say saving the world’s species from mass extinction is possible, but it requires urgent action. Here’s how you

“First Half-Earth Day Offers a Chance to Halt Species Extinction” By E.O. Wilson Originally published on October 23, 2017 by National Geographic. Nature versus the ‘terranauts.’ We are in an extraordinary moment. Awareness of the risks facing our planet is grow

Photo Courtesy National Geographic Visit this page on Monday, October 23 to livestream Half-Earth Day presentations from the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. CONSERVATION IN ACTION: BRINGING HALF-EARTH TO LIFE Afternoon Public Session 2:00–4:00 pm Grosvenor Auditorium H

Paul Simon Gift Supports the E.O Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s Half-Earth Project Durham, N.C., October 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation today announced that it is expanding the staff and programs of the Half-Earth Project following a substantia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Leading Conservationists to Gather in Washington, D.C., to Celebrate Planet’s First-Ever Half-Earth Day Inaugural, All-Day Event on Oct. 23 Features Special Guests, Including Eminent Biologist Edward O. Wilson and Legendary Recording Artist Paul Simon   Durh

“Our Common Ground” By Vincent Stanley Posted with permission of Patagonia, Inc. Most of us can readily name a piece of ground sacred to us as individuals that belongs to every soul in the country. As Americans, regardless of our descent, we share as our greatest inheritan

“Nature for the People: Toward a Democratic Vision for the Biosphere” By Erle Ellis Originally published in The Breakthrough Journal, Summer 2017 Erle C. Ellis is professor of geography and environmental systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a Senior