Orangutans: could ‘half-Earth’ conservation save the red ape?
Orangutans: could ‘half-Earth’ conservation save the red ape?: lukaszemanphoto / shutterstock Half-Earth is a proposal by the late naturalist and “father of biodiversity”, EO Wilson. In its original context, it proposes that half of the Earth’s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve to preserve biodiversity. The proposal of course raises some pretty big …