Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life

A conclusion to the trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the National Book Award-finalist The Meaning of Human Existence argues that humanity must consider the histories of millions of other Earth species and increase the planet's regions of natural reserves in order to prevent future mass extinctions.
"A brave expression of hope,a visionary blueprint for saving the planet.”—Stephen Greenblatt
In his most urgent book to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and world-renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson states that in order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal, and Wilson proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. Identifying actual regions of the planet that can still be reclaimed—such as the California redwood forest, the Amazon River Basin, and grasslands of the Serengeti, among others— Wilson puts aside the prevailing pessimism of our times and creates a call to arms that offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life.