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Save Threatened Species by Focusing on Islands First

Axios features a new study released by Island Conservation and partners that highlights the impact of island restoration. By: Eileen Drage O’Reilly In order to halt species extinction, researchers are suggesting conservation efforts should focus on islands, which hold 41% of the world’s known highly threatened vertebrates, per a study published recently in Science Advances. Why this matters: Lead Author and […]

Written by on November 1, 2017

A Wholesome Plan to Protect Half the Earth

Conservation Biologist Dena Spatz reflects on the Biodiversity Days Conference and the “Half-Earth” project sparked by scientist E.O. Wilson. By: Dena Spatz During the first week of March, 2017, I joined hundreds of people at the “E.O. Wilson Foundation’s Biodiversity Days Conference“. The theme for the event was “Half-Earth”, a call to action to save the […]

Written by on April 19, 2017