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#WednesdayWisdom: #DidYouKnow it's #HalfEarthDay ? 🌍

Once considered aspirational, many are now taking seriously the suggestion to protect #biodiversity & mitigate the #climatecrisis, though the #30x30 goal comes first: 30% of the #planet by 2030 🎯

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Which half? #Biodiversity is not evenly distributed. Some harbour more, rare or unique #species 🦧, some #places offer more protection of #endangeredspecies & #ecosystems. Many of these #Places we support with #conservation #tourism 🦎

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🌎#WednesdayWisdom: #DidYouKnow it's #HalfEarthDay ? 🌍

Harvard Biologist Dr. #EOWilson outlined in a 2016 book a “#HalfEarth” theory that 50% of the #planet should be set aside in #conservation to save the #Earth’s #biodiversity, not just humans.

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Opinion: Half-Earth Day is not a celebration, but a warning | CNN When I first learned that October 22 marks Half-Earth Day, I thought it was because the date is six months to Earth Day. (True.) But it’s got a message all its own, writes Lydia Strohl.

“Opinion: #HalfEarthDay is not a celebration, but a warning” with great insights from ⁦@JenMorrisNature⁩ of ⁦@nature_org⁩ + Elizabeth Gray of the ⁦@audubonsociety⁩ www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/opinions/half...

Sharing the wonder of maps and storytelling at the @EOWilsonFndtn’s #HalfEarthDay at the @NMNH with the incomparable (L to R) Sean Carroll, Mamie Parker and @leafdoctor
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My social media compilation (my form of note-taking) from #HalfEarthDay 2019 at @UCBerkeley - http://bit.ly/33liRdQ This @EOWilsonFndtn project is a "clarion call to protect half of land+sea to safeguard most of #biodiversity, & us! #Esri slides at http://bit.ly/2ouIJ8k

Half-Earth Day 2019, UC-Berkeley The Half-Earth Project of the EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is a "clarion call to protect half the land and sea in order to safeguard the bulk of biodiversity, and ourselves. At this critical moment for our planet, the Half-Earth Day brought together the unique expertise and experience of scientists and thought leaders from around the world to strategize on how to achieve this important moonshot and solve the current environmental crisis." Esri (yours truly, Sean Breyer, Kevin Butler, Clint Brown) joined Vizzuality in a special session about the technologies behind the "Half-Earth Map" (access our slide deck at http://esriurl.com/halfearth ). Esri CEO Jack Dangermond was in a special (and memorable) plenary conversation with EO Wilson at day's end. See Half Earth's full summary at https://www.half-earthproject.org/half-earth-day-2019-highlights/

Check out this 2019 #HalfEarthDay Wakelet by @deepseadawn https://wke.lt/w/s/Xe32uZ to relive that special day

Cc @craigmmills #HalfEarthDay

Thanks again @Vizzuality @gretacv @craigmmills et al. for the great #HalfEarthDay t-shirt!! 🥰 See you next time! 🌍cc @John_M_Nelson

Great points by Sally Jewell: ANYONE, regardless of training, can have a marked impact on the world we are trying to build! (she started as a mechanical engineer). And hats off to the artists!!! 🎉👏🏾#HalfEarthDay

EO Wilson says “ecosystems studies” is the next big emerging science; encourages young people to consider pursuing it. We need the expertise, the advancements. #HalfEarthDay

Betond or with science, what skill sets do we need? New products, industries, ways of life to adapt! We should become even more animated, determined, and hopeful. But beware of fresh water shortages, the next coming crisis. Crisis #3? Mass extinctions #HalfEarthDay

Home - E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation The Species Protection Report 2024Learn MoreHalf-Earth Day 2024 in Cali, ColombiaLearn MoreThe E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Presents: Listening to the Quietwith Harrison FordWatch NowSaving BiodiversityIf you look at history, this is the sort of moonshot ambition that drives humanity.WATCH NOW The Half-Earth ProjectDiscover the tools we are developing to help protect global biodiversity. Explore the

Where to start with conservation and protection? Hotspots of most endangered species. Mapping wise these are GOOD places to gerrymander! 😉http://half-earthproject.org #HalfEarthDay

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What can we humans learn from ants 🐜 as we chart our future? “Almost nothing!” says EO Wilson, who devoted his early research on the creatures. 🤣 BUT he was proud to have assisted Rachel Carson! #HalfEarthDay

Yes, we are inspired out of our socks!! A #HalfEarthDay evening conversation between Sally Jewell, now interim CEO of @nature_org and the inimitable EO Wilson of @EOWilsonFndtn

I have a new hero, Stephen Lockhart, Chief Medical Officer of @SutterHealth, and former board member of @NatureBridge who rocked it at #HalfEarthDay’s evening event www.usnewshot.com/speakers/stephen-lockhar...

Not just progress, power, and wealth but EXTINCTION! This is serious business, saving our web of life, says the amazing former Governor JERRY BROWN, firing up the closing lecture/panel of #HalfEarthDay 👍🏾👏🏾🌍

Everybody is going to preserve/conserve in their own way to fit their own countries, cultures, communities,but we all need a “greenprint” and Jack Dangermond thanks Walter Jetz & team of @Yale for his profound work in leading the way via @_mapoflife_ #HalfEarthDay 👏🏾💐

Jack Dangermond expresses the need to go “all in.” It’s not about politics. It’s not about means. It’s “all in” planting trees (in the right places), coalescing our communities, keeping a spirit of participation, sharing... #HalfEarthDay

Integrated biodiversity database for the whole planet, along with multiple activities at multiple scales, going 100% (not just 50%) 😉 after preserving the lands & the waters. It’s NOT just science & technology but stirring up a movement! #HalfEarthDay

How to move beyond “victories in a losing war.” Need a moonshot: select a % of species to save, a reasonable goal (i.e., half). Map species, into process models, rank them (prioritize), define hotspots & other areas to make up 50% #HalfEarthDay

Jack Dangermond: if we are going in the wrong direction, every bit of science, technology and design thinking will be needed to preserve AND conserve biodiversity. Scientific understanding must become actionable. #HalfEarthDay

Jack Dangermond describes his journey from a plant nursery to landscape architecture to computers, a designer of solutions. How can we design a future that recovers from a destructive human footprint? #HalfEarthDay

One of the “next big things” says EO Wilson, is a fuller understanding of ecosystems, including the math to explain and predict them, how they evolve, etc. We are still so far from this. “Take heed students!” #HalfEarthDay

How many species of Earth are there? ~100 million by statistical inference. Found and named? ~2 million, 1 million of them insects. Want to pioneer new discoveries? “Become a taxonomist!” says EO Wilson 😉 #HalfEarthDay

All of the mobile devices fly up to photograph the super duo of EO Wilson, @EOWilsonFndtn and Jack Dangermond @Esri, 😉together again in compelling conversation #HalfEarthDay

So awesome! EO Wilson’s classic “Naturalist” coming out next year as a graphic novel from @IslandPress, as announced today at #HalfEarthDay

Some of the tools of the trade behind the #HalfEarth map shown below, and we appreciate Greta of @Vizzuality sharing that gets some (all?) of her scientific super powers from @ArcGISOnline 😉#HalfEarthDay

So true! (pic below)👇🏾 Thanks for this perspective @Vizzuality! #HalfEarthDay