Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
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Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Half-Earth | 4 |
| Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life canonical | 2 |
| Half-Earth proposal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16389 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life Context triple: [Edward O. Wilson, notableWork, Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life]
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A.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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B.
The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
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C.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
The Ants
The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize–winning scientific book that provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ant biology, behavior, and social organization.
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E.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life Target entity description: Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
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A.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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B.
The Diversity of Life
The Diversity of Life is a landmark book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that explores the richness of Earth’s species, the processes that generate biodiversity, and the threats posed by human activity.
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C.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
The Ants
The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize–winning scientific book that provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of ant biology, behavior, and social organization.
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E.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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conservation book ⓘ environmental book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Half-Earth
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linked to:
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
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| arguesThat |
current conservation efforts are insufficient to halt biodiversity loss
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large, connected reserves are more effective for conservation than small, isolated ones ⓘ protecting about half of the planet is necessary to preserve most species ⓘ |
| author |
E. O. Wilson
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linked to:
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson ⓘ |
| basedOn |
biogeography
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species–area relationship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
moral responsibility to protect other species
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urgency of addressing the sixth mass extinction ⓘ |
| field |
biology
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ecology ⓘ environmental science ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Origins of Creativity ⓘ |
| genre |
environmentalism
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popular science ⓘ science ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Earth
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global environmental policy ⓘ human impact on nature ⓘ |
| influenced | Half-Earth Project ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
conservationists
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general readers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
biodiversity conservation
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biodiversity loss ⓘ conservation biology ⓘ habitat preservation ⓘ mass extinction ⓘ protected areas ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Half-Earth proposal
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linked to:
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
|
| pageCountApproximate | 250–300 ⓘ |
| partOf | Edward O. Wilson’s later environmental works ⓘ |
| proposes | setting aside half of Earth’s surface as protected natural areas ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Liveright Publishing Corporation
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W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ |
| title | Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life Description of subject: Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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