Nature Needs Half

A global call to action to protect at least half of the planet, land and water, in an interconnected way to support all life on earth.

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

Earth is rapidly approaching global tipping points but we still have time to set aside half of land and seas to avert ecological collapse. Make history in 2020, join the #SurvivalRevolution: https://t.co/w7jLA6ovKq #50by2030 #NatureNeedsHalf

[Oscar Soria @oscar_soria]

Here at #SBSTTA25, in less than a year after #COP15, countries are already on track to break the burgeoning teeth of the @UNBiodiversity Convention. Countries are weakening one of the most important things they managed to put in place less than a year ago. Thread from Nairobi🧵

[WILD Foundation @wildfoundation]

🌳 Meet Jennifer Meyer, WILD’s Chief Operations Officer. 🙋‍♀️ https://t.co/V8Ui2RrT4k
Don't hesitate to ask her your questions. ⬇

[WILD Foundation @wildfoundation]

🌳 According to a new report, "Protected areas and Indigenous territories in the #Amazon Rainforest experienced just ⅓ the amount of primary forest loss as non-protected areas.” 💡 Indigenous territories are effective in protecting #forests and wilderness areas.

[WILD Foundation @wildfoundation]

Here are 3 ways to gather people around your project with @eco_elliot, Steward Committee and EXCELerator alumnus of @coalitionwild! 🫂 Do you have other pieces of wisdom to contribute?

[WILD Foundation @wildfoundation]

🎙️ New podcast episode! Today, we have Adam Hanson, a ten-year member of the WILD Foundation. His mission? Fostering healthy relationships between people and nature. 🌲https://t.co/DOtLYiY7Jp

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

🌱 “We must share everything with the Earth because the Earth gives us everything physical and spiritual. #Nature Needs Half is based on that.... the right relationship between Earth and all her peoples.” - Tashka Yawanawá & Laura Soriano Yawanawá

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

🌍 Earth needs HALF! Nature needs Half: Join us in raising your voice, share this for #EarthDay!

[WILD Foundation @wildfoundation]

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍 Thanks to Jerry Apps and Natasha Kassulke, the authors of Planting An Idea, we’re getting to hear from someone who was IN THE ROOM when the idea for Earth Day was first proposed! 👇

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

We can stop the sixth mass extinction if we protect approximately 50% of each of the 846 ecoregions that provide habitat for all of Earth's biodiversity. Helps us amplify the need to protect Half (#50x30); https://t.co/f8Fb4brpoX

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

You know what needs to be done: save nature, end the biodiversity crisis, help protect humanity. What you might not know is how we’re going to do it… Learn more about our movement: https://t.co/f8Fb4brpoX

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

“#Wilderness recovery, I firmly believe, is the most important task of our generation.” - Dr. Reed Noss, #Conservation Biologist. 🌳 Help us protect HALF; link in bio!

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million #species of #plants and #animals in existence. Only around 1.2 million species have been identified and described so far. Millions of other organisms remain a complete mystery. 👇

[🌿 The Ecological Citizen 🌿 @EcolCitizen]

We have also just launched a platform called Rewilding Successes for sharing inspiring stories about nature's rebounding from all corners of the Earth.

Read the first eight #rewilding stories: https://t.co/Y54pkEul7w

@Rewilding @wildfoundation @GlobalRewilding @NatureNeedsHalf

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

"In science, reptiles have been considered to be of lower intelligence (...). Dimwitted, even. But over the last decade, significant research has been out in reptile cognition, and the results have been truly exhilarating." Learn how. 👇

https://t.co/TkLxl3sRug

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

Restoring damaged forest ecosystems and increasing forest cover “can play a crucial role in the mitigation of disasters, the frequency of which could increase in the face of climate change.” Learn more from Japan’s example. 👇

https://t.co/9yJQcev6bI

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

“Researchers now call it #agroforestry, but this is the work that the communities have always done. I believe we can buy their idea, their behavior, and their vision of the universe.” -Cesar De Mendes

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

#Agroforestry supports land restoration. Pará, Brazil, between 1996 and 2021, about 150,000 hectares (370,660 acres) of degraded land were restored through agroforestry-based cacao. Learn more about how Amazon-produced cacao offers #climatesolutions. 👇

https://t.co/MiKJTB8PJb

[WILD Foundation @wildfoundation]

Did you know that at least 40,000 different #plant species live in the #Amazon rainforest of South America? 🌳 Because it is important to protect the biodiversity around us in order to face the climate and biodiversity crises, help us to protect it: https://t.co/sI6MlXzQiE

[Amy @Iceni_60]

We could have a #MomoaMoment in #Montreal if timid leaders embrace heroism, and step up to the plate to sav life. #30x30 #50x30 #hacfornature @BenjiSJones @greendig @mremae #natureneedshalf

[Nature Needs Half @NatureNeedsHalf]

Nature needs HALF, Native people need the LAND.
Helps us advocate for the protection of HALF (#50x30) at #COP15: https://t.co/YYAbBZOALV #motion101 🌳