The Resource Half-earth : our planet's fight for life, Edward O. Wilson
Half-earth : our planet's fight for life, Edward O. Wilson
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- Summary
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- Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. 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. If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor, we first must understand just what the biosphere is, why it's essential to our survival, and the manifold threats now facing it. In doing so, Wilson describes how our species, in only a mere blink of geological time, became the architects and rulers of this epoch and outlines the consequences of this that will affect all of life, both ours and the natural world, far into the future. Half-Earth provides an enormously moving and naturalistic portrait of just what is being lost when we clip "twigs and eventually whole braches of life's family tree." In elegiac prose, Wilson documents the many ongoing extinctions that are imminent, paying tribute to creatures great and small, not the least of them the two Sumatran rhinos whom he encounters in captivity. Uniquely, Half-Earth considers not only the large animals and star species of plants but also the millions of invertebrate animals and microorganisms that, despite being overlooked, form the foundations of Earth's ecosystems. In stinging language, he avers that the biosphere does not belong to us and addresses many fallacious notions such as the idea that ongoing extinctions can be balanced out by the introduction of alien species into new ecosystems or that extinct species might be brought back through cloning. This includes a critique of the "anthropocenists," a fashionable collection of revisionist environmentalists who believe that the human species alone can be saved through engineering and technology. Despite the Earth's parlous condition, Wilson is no doomsayer, resigned to fatalism. Defying prevailing conventional wisdom, he suggests that we still have time to put aside half the Earth and identifies actual spots where Earth's biodiversity can still be reclaimed. Suffused with a profound Darwinian understanding of our planet's fragility, Half-Earth reverberates with an urgency like few other books, but it offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life. - Publisher
- "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."--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Contents
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- Part I. The problem. 1. The world ends, twice ; 2. Humanity needs a biosphere ; 3. How much biodiversity survives today? ; 4. An elegy for the rhinos ; 5. Apocalypses now ; 6. Are we as gods? ; 7. Why extinction is accelerating ; 8. The impact of climate change : land, sea, and air ; 9. The most dangerous worldview
- Part II. The real living world. 10. Conservation science ; 11. The Lord God species ; 12. The unknown webs of life ; 13. The wholly different aqueous world ; 14. The invisible empire ; 15. The best places in a biosphere ; 16. History redefined
- Part III. The solution. 17. The awakening ; 18. Restoration ; 19. Half-earth : how to save the biosphere ; 20. Threading the bottleneck ; 21. What must be done
- Isbn
- 9781631492525
- Label
- Half-earth : our planet's fight for life
- Title
- Half-earth
- Title remainder
- our planet's fight for life
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward O. Wilson
- Subject
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- Biodiversity conservation
- Biodiversité -- Conservation des ressources
- Biosphere reserves
- Biosphere reserves
- Human ecology
- Biodiversity conservation
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effets de l'homme
- Réserves de biosphère
- Écologie humaine
- Human ecology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. 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. If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor, we first must understand just what the biosphere is, why it's essential to our survival, and the manifold threats now facing it. In doing so, Wilson describes how our species, in only a mere blink of geological time, became the architects and rulers of this epoch and outlines the consequences of this that will affect all of life, both ours and the natural world, far into the future. Half-Earth provides an enormously moving and naturalistic portrait of just what is being lost when we clip "twigs and eventually whole braches of life's family tree." In elegiac prose, Wilson documents the many ongoing extinctions that are imminent, paying tribute to creatures great and small, not the least of them the two Sumatran rhinos whom he encounters in captivity. Uniquely, Half-Earth considers not only the large animals and star species of plants but also the millions of invertebrate animals and microorganisms that, despite being overlooked, form the foundations of Earth's ecosystems. In stinging language, he avers that the biosphere does not belong to us and addresses many fallacious notions such as the idea that ongoing extinctions can be balanced out by the introduction of alien species into new ecosystems or that extinct species might be brought back through cloning. This includes a critique of the "anthropocenists," a fashionable collection of revisionist environmentalists who believe that the human species alone can be saved through engineering and technology. Despite the Earth's parlous condition, Wilson is no doomsayer, resigned to fatalism. Defying prevailing conventional wisdom, he suggests that we still have time to put aside half the Earth and identifies actual spots where Earth's biodiversity can still be reclaimed. Suffused with a profound Darwinian understanding of our planet's fragility, Half-Earth reverberates with an urgency like few other books, but it offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life. - Publisher
- "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."--Amazon
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Edward O
- Dewey number
- 333.95
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH75
- LC item number
- .W536 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- QH75
- NAL item number
- .W536 2016
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- QH 75
- NLM item number
- W5355 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Biodiversity conservation
- Biosphere reserves
- Human ecology
- Nature
- Nature
- Biodiversity conservation
- Biosphere reserves
- Human ecology
- Nature
- Écologie humaine
- Nature
- Réserves de biosphère
- Biodiversité
- Label
- Half-earth : our planet's fight for life, Edward O. Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index
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- Contents
- Part I. The problem. 1. The world ends, twice ; 2. Humanity needs a biosphere ; 3. How much biodiversity survives today? ; 4. An elegy for the rhinos ; 5. Apocalypses now ; 6. Are we as gods? ; 7. Why extinction is accelerating ; 8. The impact of climate change : land, sea, and air ; 9. The most dangerous worldview -- Part II. The real living world. 10. Conservation science ; 11. The Lord God species ; 12. The unknown webs of life ; 13. The wholly different aqueous world ; 14. The invisible empire ; 15. The best places in a biosphere ; 16. History redefined -- Part III. The solution. 17. The awakening ; 18. Restoration ; 19. Half-earth : how to save the biosphere ; 20. Threading the bottleneck ; 21. What must be done
- Control code
- ocn933727398
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631492525
- Lccn
- 2015041784
- Media category
- unmediated
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- n
- Other control number
- 40025856892
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o933727398
- (OCoLC)933727398
- Label
- Half-earth : our planet's fight for life, Edward O. Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. The problem. 1. The world ends, twice ; 2. Humanity needs a biosphere ; 3. How much biodiversity survives today? ; 4. An elegy for the rhinos ; 5. Apocalypses now ; 6. Are we as gods? ; 7. Why extinction is accelerating ; 8. The impact of climate change : land, sea, and air ; 9. The most dangerous worldview -- Part II. The real living world. 10. Conservation science ; 11. The Lord God species ; 12. The unknown webs of life ; 13. The wholly different aqueous world ; 14. The invisible empire ; 15. The best places in a biosphere ; 16. History redefined -- Part III. The solution. 17. The awakening ; 18. Restoration ; 19. Half-earth : how to save the biosphere ; 20. Threading the bottleneck ; 21. What must be done
- Control code
- ocn933727398
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631492525
- Lccn
- 2015041784
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40025856892
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o933727398
- (OCoLC)933727398
Subject
- Biodiversity conservation
- Biodiversité -- Conservation des ressources
- Biosphere reserves
- Biosphere reserves
- Human ecology
- Biodiversity conservation
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effets de l'homme
- Réserves de biosphère
- Écologie humaine
- Human ecology
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