Wilson encourages people to go outdoors and collect insects. “The sooner we face squarely and honestly, the more likely we will be able them at minimal cost,” he said.Įdward O. He is 100 percent in on the Half-Earth Project because of what he described as the “three great environmental crises” that loom: climate change, a shortage of fresh water, and a collapse of ecosystems due to a mass extinction of species. Wilson authored Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, from which the Half-Earth Project was born. “I want us to create a system of natural reserves or specially managed areas large enough to save-indefinitely, in natural conditions-a very large percentage of the species on earth,” Wilson said onstage at the Esri UC Plenary Session. According to Wilson, there may up to 10 million species of plants and animals in the world, but only about 2 million have been discovered by science. The Half-Earth Project advocates conserving half the earth’s lands and seas in order to protect 85 percent or more of the planet’s biodiversity to reverse the current species extinction crisis. There, he spoke about something that is just as near and dear to him as insects are: protecting biodiversity around the world through the Half-Earth Project, an initiative of the nonprofit E.O.

Wilson, 90, recently ventured from his studies of ants and ecosystems to attend the 2019 Esri User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego, California. (Read more about that and Wilson’s major discovery in this story’s sidebar.)

But when people ask Wilson-honorary curator in entomology and university research professor emeritus at Harvard University-what to do with ants that invade their houses, he always handles their questions with grace and good humor. So placing the words ants and exterminator together in an article about Wilson could strike a nerve among people with an affinity for ants. Wilson spoke for about an hour at the Esri UC. OL18613809W Page_number_confidence 92.60 Pages 394 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210831162032 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 421 Scandate 20210828143644 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780393071191 Tts_version 4.Jane Goodall and Edward O. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:07:38 Boxid IA40227924 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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