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Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life

Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson traces the accelerating loss of biodiversity, the life still unknown to science, and his case for protecting half of Earth's land and seas.

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22 parts, about 25 minutes to read.

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Author
Edward O. Wilson
Parts
22 parts
Reading time
about 25 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. A goal equal to the crisis1 min
  2. The world ends, twice1 min
  3. Humanity needs a biosphere1 min
  4. How much biodiversity survives today?1 min
  5. An elegy for the rhinos1 min
  6. Apocalypses now1 min
  7. Are we as gods?1 min
  8. Why extinction is accelerating1 min
  9. The impact of climate change1 min
  10. The most dangerous worldview1 min
  11. Conservation science1 min
  12. The Lord God Species1 min
  13. The Unknown Webs of Life1 min
  14. The Wholly Different Aqueous World1 min
  15. The Invisible Empire1 min
  16. The Best Places in the Biosphere2 min
  17. History Redefined1 min
  18. The Awakening1 min
  19. Restoration2 min
  20. Half Earth: How to Save the Biosphere1 min
  21. Threading the Bottleneck2 min
  22. What Must Be Done1 min

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