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Half Earth
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'''''Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life''' is a 2016 book by the biologist E. O. Wilson, the last in a trilogy beginning with The Social Conquest of Earth (2012) and The Meaning of Human Existence (2014). Half-Earth'' proposes that half of the Earth's surface should be designated a human-free natural reserve to preserve biodiversity. Wilson noted that the term "Half-Earth" was coined for this concept by Tony Hiss in his Smithsonian article "Can the World Really Set Aside Half the Planet for Wildlife?"
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- Author
- Edward Osborne Wilson
- First published
- 2016
- Editions
- 2
- Subjects
- Biodiversity conservation, Human ecology, Effect of human beings on, Biosphere reserves, Nature, Conservation of natural resources, Environmental sciences, Environmentalism
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Half-Earth
- Book.author
- E. O. Wilson
- Book.image
- Half-Earth.jpg
- Book.caption
- Cover of the first edition
- Book.subject
- Biodiversity
- Book.publisher
- Liveright
- Book.pub_date
- 2016
- Book.pages
- 272 (paperback)
- Book.media_type
- Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
- Book.ISBN
- 978-1-63149-252-5
- Book.preceded_by
- The Meaning of Human Existence (2014)
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- Half-Earth
- publication date
- 2016-01-01
- subtitle
- Our Planet's Fight for Life
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'''''Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life''' is a 2016 book by the biologist E. O. Wilson, the last in a trilogy beginning with The Social Conquest of Earth (2012) and The Meaning of Human Existence (2014). Half-Earth'' proposes that half of the Earth's surface should be designated a human-free natural reserve to preserve biodiversity. Wilson noted that the term "Half-Earth" was coined for this concept by Tony Hiss in his Smithsonian article "Can the World Really Set Aside Half the Planet for Wildlife?"
==Reception==