Nature Needs Half
At the 9th World Wilderness Congress in Mérida, Mexico, WILD with the collaboration of a broad spectrum of international organizations, governments and individuals, officially debuted Nature Needs Half, a social movement to protect and connect at least half of all nature on Earth, land and water, in order to support the existence of nature and the services it provides.
Nature Needs Half is an idea put forth by the WILD Foundation and meant to be taken up as a common banner by any person or organization endeavoring to protect wild places. Marine biologist Dr. Sylvia Earle and Dr. Jane Goodall have endorsed Nature Needs Half, with Dr. Earle's only criticism being that “hoped that half would be enough.”
Nature Needs Half was a concept born of sound science, based on reports from a collection of scientific papers stating that to protect the services and health of an environment, at least half of the habitat needs to be protected. Since its inception, WILD has begun collecting and conducting case studies of places around the world that have, or are on track to achieve, at least half protection.
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