What If We Set Aside Half the Planet for Wildlife?
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Date: 2023-11-26
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Kyle
I'm sorry but this is just fear mongering, misinformation and bad faith.
Half-Earth is an idea from Edward O Wilson who, while mentioned in this video, isn't credited as it's creator. I strongly recommend everybody to read his book if you do care for the environment and want the actual information on Half-Earth.
First of all, it wouldn't involve displacing people or rampant famines and no farming due to water and land loss, where the hell did that come from? Again, this video fails to cite that. There's no reason it should be the care - I'm assuming the video-makers think it's about slicing the world in half and dedication that one half to the biosphere, and the other to human populations. However, it's not that at all. It's literally about protecting the bits of nature which we do have and restoring that which we've lost. Each country could do their part by dedicating half of their land to nature. This would mean, for example in the USA, each state could mark areas with no towns or cities as conservation zones. At WORST this would mean reclaiming land owned by some small handful of rich people who use it for no reason at all and dedicating it to conservationism. At WORSE it would mean that people cannot just so easily 'buy' land for factories.
It's not as drastic as this video really makes it out to be, and it is achievable and logical. Edward O Wilson spent his entire life study Biology and wrote books from the 70s up to his dead in Late 2021/2022. This does a disservice to Edward O Wilson and his entire lifetime of study and writing, and doesn't even cite its arguments. To sensationalise it as some distant fantasy, is bad faith and doesn't even consider the possibility of this, which we NEED as a means to save the planet.
PLEASE read Half-Earth by Edward O Wilson. It's a relatively short book (260-300 pages or so) and his writing is captivating and written so that people who have never once studied Biology or Ecology could understand and learn a lot from it.
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I'm sorry but this is just fear mongering, misinformation and bad faith.
Half-Earth is an idea from Edward O Wilson who, while mentioned in this video, isn't credited as it's creator. I strongly recommend everybody to read his book if you do care for the environment and want the actual information on Half-Earth.
First of all, it wouldn't involve displacing people or rampant famines and no farming due to water and land loss, where the hell did that come from? Again, this video fails to cite that. There's no reason it should be the care - I'm assuming the video-makers think it's about slicing the world in half and dedication that one half to the biosphere, and the other to human populations. However, it's not that at all. It's literally about protecting the bits of nature which we do have and restoring that which we've lost. Each country could do their part by dedicating half of their land to nature. This would mean, for example in the USA, each state could mark areas with no towns or cities as conservation zones. At WORST this would mean reclaiming land owned by some small handful of rich people who use it for no reason at all and dedicating it to conservationism. At WORSE it would mean that people cannot just so easily 'buy' land for factories.
It's not as drastic as this video really makes it out to be, and it is achievable and logical. Edward O Wilson spent his entire life study Biology and wrote books from the 70s up to his dead in Late 2021/2022. This does a disservice to Edward O Wilson and his entire lifetime of study and writing, and doesn't even cite its arguments. To sensationalise it as some distant fantasy, is bad faith and doesn't even consider the possibility of this, which we NEED as a means to save the planet.
PLEASE read Half-Earth by Edward O Wilson. It's a relatively short book (260-300 pages or so) and his writing is captivating and written so that people who have never once studied Biology or Ecology could understand and learn a lot from it.
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MR. Kat-z
I know this might sound science fiction. I believe if the human race goes to sleep for one century or two. This Earth can go back to the way it's meant to be. But we do not have the technology as of yet and we would not have enough funds to rebuild everything. So therefore it is impossible as of right now.
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I know this might sound science fiction. I believe if the human race goes to sleep for one century or two. This Earth can go back to the way it's meant to be. But we do not have the technology as of yet and we would not have enough funds to rebuild everything. So therefore it is impossible as of right now.
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whatif
I think, the root cause of being selfish is being ignorant. Every act of selfishness ends in drowning in your own hubris. If we still don't see it, then we just prove it further. No amount of AI and tech advance will fix us. Until we fix humane elements inside us.
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I think, the root cause of being selfish is being ignorant. Every act of selfishness ends in drowning in your own hubris. If we still don't see it, then we just prove it further. No amount of AI and tech advance will fix us. Until we fix humane elements inside us.
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Todd
How about we set aside the eastern hemisphere? The western hemisphere has all those rich countries, so we could help the people that live in developing countries. Although than again, if we set aside the western hemisphere, we could save the amazon rainforest.
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How about we set aside the eastern hemisphere? The western hemisphere has all those rich countries, so we could help the people that live in developing countries. Although than again, if we set aside the western hemisphere, we could save the amazon rainforest.
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The
This are the following countries that will be extinct if we did that. Most part of Africa, Indonesia, Papua new Guinea, Nepal, Philippines (I don't know why it even exist because Philippines is such a trash country.
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This are the following countries that will be extinct if we did that. Most part of Africa, Indonesia, Papua new Guinea, Nepal, Philippines (I don't know why it even exist because Philippines is such a trash country.
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Larissa
It would be a great start if majority of people stop having kids, adopt kids they already here, you don't need to make more humans, we are already over populated, that is one of the reasons why i am childfree.
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It would be a great start if majority of people stop having kids, adopt kids they already here, you don't need to make more humans, we are already over populated, that is one of the reasons why i am childfree.
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Iron
We need to set aside 90% of the planet for nature. Considering that humans only occupy only 10% of the planets still habitable surface i think that nature should be given near total supremacy again.
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We need to set aside 90% of the planet for nature. Considering that humans only occupy only 10% of the planets still habitable surface i think that nature should be given near total supremacy again.
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Ganesh
I'm crying right now. I figured this out on my own and now I see this! I feel totally validated. Everybody acted like I was crazy when I tried to explain this. Thank you so much
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I'm crying right now. I figured this out on my own and now I see this! I feel totally validated. Everybody acted like I was crazy when I tried to explain this. Thank you so much
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education
The no human side would eventually have humans due to the low cost of living from camping full time and the amount of natural resources that would be available to survive.
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The no human side would eventually have humans due to the low cost of living from camping full time and the amount of natural resources that would be available to survive.
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PackerManForLife
Everybody who has 3+ kids is contributing to the slow death of this world. The best thing that can happen to this planet is the human population quits expanding
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Everybody who has 3+ kids is contributing to the slow death of this world. The best thing that can happen to this planet is the human population quits expanding
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kids
-Hey Bob i wanna go to the city side-
-No billy lets go to the nature side-
-But i don't play minecraft-
-Go to the nature side if you a pro gamer-
-Fine-
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-Hey Bob i wanna go to the city side-
-No billy lets go to the nature side-
-But i don't play minecraft-
-Go to the nature side if you a pro gamer-
-Fine-
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Cody
25 Percent for Wildlife
50 Percent for Human Population
10 Percent for Companys and Factorys
10 Percent on Plant Crop growth
5 percent on Cattle
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25 Percent for Wildlife
50 Percent for Human Population
10 Percent for Companys and Factorys
10 Percent on Plant Crop growth
5 percent on Cattle
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adnan
the whole world can live without money peacefully because there are no humans who want money for outerspace but we cant live without forests and wildlife
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the whole world can live without money peacefully because there are no humans who want money for outerspace but we cant live without forests and wildlife
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Vincent
this is exactly what i think and believe but humans won't change, the worse will have to happen first and then 3/4 of the planet and more will be free
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this is exactly what i think and believe but humans won't change, the worse will have to happen first and then 3/4 of the planet and more will be free
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MilezzzUp
I don-t mean any offense but we take up 50-70 percent of the earth as it is. So really if we sanctioned off half the earth we-d most likely be okay
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I don-t mean any offense but we take up 50-70 percent of the earth as it is. So really if we sanctioned off half the earth we-d most likely be okay
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Godlike
Some humans love the planet earth some loves money and greedy. That is why this won't ever happen. Humans really are imperfect and we must accept it.
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Some humans love the planet earth some loves money and greedy. That is why this won't ever happen. Humans really are imperfect and we must accept it.
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Will
That-s cap. The world would indefinitely not be harmonious. There-s rules to life. It-s called survival of the fittest. All species live by it
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That-s cap. The world would indefinitely not be harmonious. There-s rules to life. It-s called survival of the fittest. All species live by it
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Rohini
The question is which half and for how long will we allow them this peace. Another question is are we prepared to deal with evolved animals.
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The question is which half and for how long will we allow them this peace. Another question is are we prepared to deal with evolved animals.
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Mizuki
the other half where humans are in. it'll be gone in no time. It'll fall apart in no time. why? bc -humans are unreliable- that is
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the other half where humans are in. it'll be gone in no time. It'll fall apart in no time. why? bc -humans are unreliable- that is
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Lucas
Brasilian environmental laws preserve more than a half of it's territory for the wildlife. Imagine if your country do the same.
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Brasilian environmental laws preserve more than a half of it's territory for the wildlife. Imagine if your country do the same.
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Animals_Matter2
Population matters. I'm not having kids because the environment needs to thrive. Stop killing animals! Stop hunting.
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Population matters. I'm not having kids because the environment needs to thrive. Stop killing animals! Stop hunting.
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BurnestThe4th
The 99%: we're all in this together
Billionaires: yep we definitely built these rockets for everyone to survive
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The 99%: we're all in this together
Billionaires: yep we definitely built these rockets for everyone to survive
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Hikaru
When he said bc every time a species goes extinct it brings humans closer to our own extinction
I got mad chill-s
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When he said bc every time a species goes extinct it brings humans closer to our own extinction
I got mad chill-s
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erniemajor
Ha ha so long as most humans are addicted to eating what they call 'meat' this would just make poaching easier!
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Ha ha so long as most humans are addicted to eating what they call 'meat' this would just make poaching easier!
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illegal
We do One things So Every Country make their forest area in their center of the country it's possible I think
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We do One things So Every Country make their forest area in their center of the country it's possible I think
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choco
Even tho the world being half for us and the other for nature. even tho it will hurt us, dont we deserve it?
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Even tho the world being half for us and the other for nature. even tho it will hurt us, dont we deserve it?
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