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Half-earth : our planet's fight for life

Wilson, Edward O. (Author).
Book  - 2016
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  • ISBN: 1631490826
  • ISBN: 9781631490828
  • Physical Description 259 pages : illustrations
  • Edition First edition.
  • Publisher New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2016]

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Half-Earth : Our Planet's Fight for Life
Half-Earth : Our Planet's Fight for Life
by Wilson, Edward O.
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Table of Contents

Half-Earth : Our Planet's Fight for Life

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. 1
Part IThe Problem
1    The World Ends, Twicep. 7
2    Humanity Needs a Biospherep. 11
3    How Much Biodiversity Survives Today?p. 19
4    An Elegy for the Rhinosp. 29
5    Apocalypses Nowp. 35
6    Are We As Gods?p. 47
7    Why Extinction is Acceleratingp. 53
5    The Impact of Climate Change: Land, Sea, and Airp. 65
9    The Most Dangerous Worldviewp. 71
Part IIThe Real Living World
10    Conservation Sciencep. 83
11    The Lord God Speciesp. 95
12    The Unknown Webs of Lifep. 101
13    The Wholly Different Aqueous Worldp. 113
14    The Invisible Empirep. 121
15    The Best Places in the Biospherep. 133
16    History Redefinedp. 155
Part IIIThe Solution
17    The Awakeningp. 169
18    Restorationp. 175
19    Half-Earth: How to Save the Biosphere
20    Threading the Bottleneckp. 189
21    What Must Be Donep. 209
Sources and Further Readingp. 213
Glossaryp. 227
Appendixp. 229
Acknowledgmentsp. 237
Indexp. 239