TY - GEN AU - Wilson ,Edward O. TI - Half-earth : our planet's fight for life SN - 9781631492525 U1 - 333.95 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton &​ Company KW - Nature Effect of human beings on KW - Biodiversity conservation KW - Biosphere reserves KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental degradation KW - Endangered species KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Nature conservation N2 - In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature ER -