Half-Earth

Half Earth

Author	E. O. Wilson
Published	2016

Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life is a 2016 book and proposal by E. O. Wilson to designate half of the Earth's land as a human-free natural reserve to preserve biodiversity.^[1] Wilson noted that the term "Half-Earth" was coined for this concept by Tony Hiss in his Smithsonian article "Can the World Really Set Aside Half the Planet for Wildlife?"^[2][3]

References

1. Dreifus, Claudia (1 March 2016). "A plea, while there's still time". The New York Times. p. D5.
2. Wilson, Edward O. (2016). Half-Earth: our planet's fight for life. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 3, 213. ISBN 9781631490828. OCLC 933727398.
3. Hiss, Tony (September 2014). "Can the world really set aside half of the planet for wildlife?". Smithsonian. 45 (5): 1.

Reviews

• "Half-Earth: our planet's fight for life". Kirkus Reviews. 84 (1): 222. 1 January 2016.
• Begley, Sarah (14 March 2016). "Half-Earth". Time. 187 (9): 20.
• Dreifus, Claudia (September 2015). "E.O. Wilson's (next) big idea". Audubon. 117 (5): 46–49.
• Grant, Bob (1 April 2016). "Half-Earth: our planet's fight for life". The Scientist. 30 (4): 83.
• Griffiths, Christine J. (18 March 2016). "Back to nature". Science. 351 (6279): 1271–1271. doi:10.1126/science.aaf1485.
• Hoffert, Barbara (1 October 2015). "Half-earth: our planet's fight for life". Library Journal. 140 (16): 56.
• Kuipers, Dean (March 2016). "Captain Planet: the case for setting aside half the planet". Outside. 41 (2): 26–27.
• McKie, Robin (11 April 2016). "Half-Earth: our planet's fight for life by Edward O Wilson: review". The Guardian.
• Purdy, Jedediah (April 2016). "A wild way to save the planet". The New Republic. 247 (4): 77–79.
• Seaman, Donna (15 February 2016). "Half-Earth: our planet's fight for life". Booklist. 112 (12): 13–14.