Half-Earth

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. Download Half-Earth – kino-fada.fr O nly by committing half of the planet s surface to nature can we hope to save the immensity of life forms that compose it In Half Earth, American biologist and Pulitzer prize winner E.O Wilson gives a well researched, well documented, eloquent, but above all, impassioned plea on behalf of our planet and all of those who call it home, human and non human alike Species are dying out at an alarming rate and it is Wilson s contention that only by setting aside half the planet in reserve, or O nly by committing half of the planet s surface to nature can we hope to save the immensity of life forms that compose it In Half Earth, American biologist and Pulitzer prize winner E.O Wilson gives a well researched, well documented, eloquent, but above all, impassioned plea on behalf of our planet and all of those who call it home, human and non human alike Species are dying ...38th book for 2016 The idea behind this book, that 50% of the World should be put aside as a wildness half for us, half for the rest , is a big idea very well worth exploring Unfortunately, this book does no justice to the idea It rambles along Talks a lot about the beauty of the natural world, of the joys of being a naturalist, rants against the stupidity of people who somehow see value in half wild places, and finally in this short book pays a scant few pages to vaguely outlining the idea 38th book for 2016 The idea behind this book, that 50% of the World should be put aside as a wildness half for us, half for the rest , is a big idea very well worth exploring Unfortunately, this book does no justice to the idea It rambles along Talks a lot about the beauty of the natural world, of the joys of being a naturalist, rants against the stupidity of people who somehow see value in half...3 stars and a halfThis book has two parts, how to hate the humans and how to try to clean their messSome chapters were really interesting and some really boring.What humans are doing to mother earth and all its living creatures is simply despicable Conclusion humans are stupid and heartlessSpecies are going extinct about 1000 times as fast as the normal rate of extinction The solution, argues the author, is to give over half of the earth to the wild animals I am a nonspecialist, and in addition to Wilson s book and miscellaneous other articles, I ve already read Elizabeth Kolbert s The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History as well as Anthony Barnosky s Dodging Extinction Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth The strong point of Wilson s book is that he underst Species are going extin...Wilson argues that humanity s only chance for survival as a species is to cooperate with other life forms that make up the biodiversity of the earth At the rate we re going, our destruction of the environment, in terms of global warming, is having a disastrous effect on the millions of other life forms on this planet, most of them as yet undiscovered by humans The long term effects of such destruction means the extinction of humanity Many species have appeared and disappeared in the history o Wilson argues that humanity s only chance for survival as a species is to cooperate with other life forms that make up the biodiversity of the earth At the rate we re going, our destruction of the environment, in terms of global warming, is having a disastrous effect on the millions of other life forms on this planet, most of them as yet undiscovered by humans The long term effects of such destruction means the extinction of humanity Many species have appeared and disappeared in the history of the planet, the most notable mammalian example being the dinosaur...This book is a terrific journey through the incredible biodiversity of our planet Or at least what remains of our biodiversity In this Anthropocene Age we live in, humans have sacrificed the earth s species on the altar of economic development and freedom and the accumulation of material wealth The result is a blind trip toward oblivion But for a few brief hours, I could enjoy the world s species and wild areas vicarious...Half Earth is half distressing biology news, half Edward O Wilson s love letter to species that are largely ignored by popular conservation because they aren t cute enough Wilson is a natural biologist who studies ants, and his passion especially for ants, particularly for bugs, and generally for any living creature shines through every page of this book I am a typical city dwelling nerd who hates little crawly things with too many legs, so it s completely foreign for me to imagine a teen Half Earth is half distressing biology news, half Edward O Wilson s love letter to species that are largely ignored by popular conservation because they aren t c...I hate to give E.O Wilson anything less than 5 stars However, his writing has really gone downhill, which makes me truly sad The first book in this trilogy, Social Conquest of Earth, was great until the last chapter He kept politics out of the whole book and then went on a rant about his political views I actually agreed with those views but it was off putting even to me The rant came out of nowhere If he had sprinkled his views throughout the book, as if they were not something he was tr I hate to give E.O Wilson anything less than 5 stars However, his writing has really gone downhill, which makes me truly sad The first book in this trilogy, Social Conquest of Earth, was great until the last chapter He kept politics out of the whole book and then went on a rant about his political views I actually agreed with those views but it was off putting even to me The rant came out of nowhere If he had sprinkled his views throughout the book, as if they were not something he was trying to hide, it would not have felt to the reader like they were getti...Wilson schrijft fantastisch over de natuur en over de noodzaak tot natuurbehoud Je zou meteen alles uit handen laten vallen en als bioloog veldwerk gaan doen De eerste twee delen van het boek zijn dan ook geweldig Het derde deel valt tegen Hij legt nergens...This book is a mess The first part of the title, Half Earth, refers to the supposed main argument that humankind must preserve the Earth s biodiversity by leaving half of the Earth as untouched wilderness or maybe managed wilderness in order to ensure humankind s survival Amazingly, the author spends only a few pages unconvincingly discussing this idea Instead of discussing the central argument, the book spends a surpr...

• English
• 25 July 2018
Edward O. Wilson
• Hardcover
• 272 pages
• 1631490826
• Edward O. Wilson
• Half-Earth