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Half-earth our planet's fight for life

In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. He argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution com...

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Main Author: Wilson, Edward O.
Corporate Authors: Recorded Books, Inc.
Other Authors: Hogan, Jonathan. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2016.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation.
Biosphere reserves.
Human ecology.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Audiobooks.
Summary: In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. He argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature.
Item Description: Title from container.
Compact disc.
In container (17 cm.).
Physical Description: 6 sound discs (6 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9781501906862
1501906860
Author Notes: He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1929. He is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor & Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He is on the Board of Directors of the Nature Conservancy, Conservation International & the American Museum of Natural History. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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