Heaven and Hope

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications The Wilderness Society 2010-2011, “Heaven and Hope” written by Jeff Rennicke The lands that belong to all Americans have long provided wilderness, recreation, and heavenly scenery. Now, scientists say, protecting them just might hold our best hope of saving the planet. Excerpt: “As confusing as these numbers seem, one number is increasingly clear, says Harvey Locke of The WILD...
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Social Indicators Research 2011

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications By: Alan E. Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station The Role of Wilderness Protection and Societal Engagement as Indicators of Well-Being: An Examination of Change at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Abstract: A societal decision to protect over 9 million acres of land and water for its wilderness character in the early...
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Bolder Thinking for Conservation

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Bolder Thinking for Conservation, Conservation Biology, Volume 26, No. 1, 2012. Noss et al Reed Noss and others  make a new statement in Conservation Biology concerning the need for large and interconnected protected areas at least half their original size. >>Read the...
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CPAWS Conservation Plan: 50% At Least

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, 2007 CPAWS Conservation plan calls for at least 50% of Canada’s public lands and waters to be protected. This number is based on the best available science about what is necessary to keep vibrant evolving ecosystems and all the species that inhabit them alive through time. It also represents the belief that our one species can share the earth with all the...
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Half of B.C. must be protected as hedge against climate change

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Half of B.C. must be protected as hedge against climate change, by Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun January 27, 2010 The B.C. government is being asked to develop a joint strategy for nature conservation and climate change leading to biodiversity protection for half the province’s land base. A coalition of leading environmental groups says that existing parks and protected areas cover almost 15...
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Kativik (Quebec) Environmental Advisory Committee: Position Paper

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Kativik (Quebec) Environmental Advisory Committee, November 2011 Position Paper The government commitment to dedicate 50% of Plan Nord lands to environmental protection, maintaining biodiversity, promoting our natural heritage and a variety of types of development that do not rely on industrial activities. >>Read the full paper >>Read the full paper in...
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Sierra Club August 2010 Newsletter

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Nature Needs Half by Harvey Locke, published in the August 2010 Sierra Club Newsletter Protecting and interconnecting at least half of the planet’s land and water is necessary to sustain the health, function, and diversity of all life. >>Read the full...
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Sanctuary Asia article

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Nature Needs Half by Vance G. Martin. Published December 2010 in Sanctuary Asia. Because satisfying one’s true needs is essential to assuring survival, stability, and prosperity, Nature Needs Half is a direct response to a rapidly unfolding situation in which human survival, stability and prosperity is the least assured than it has ever been since our ancestors left the trees. >>Read the...
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El Mensaje de Mérida

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications Extract from the San Antonio Current on December 9, 2009. Article by Greg Harman. Climate Change isn’t all about stuffing our collective tailpipe. Restoring oceans of wilderness is just as vital to saving the planet. >>Read the article
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