http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1289 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/environments/articles/voice-wilderness <!--paging_filter--><p>Famed Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson is blunt about the dangers facing the world. He describes a 50-year "bottleneck" during which the Earth's human population will continue to grow -- perhaps to as high as 10 billion. During that time, humanity's increasing numbers will increase the pressure to convert the world's undeveloped areas to farmland, to log its forests or mine its wild places for resources, or to scour the remaining wilderness for animals to eat. But Wilson also sees room for hope. He points out that grassroots environmental awareness is rapidly increasing, as evidenced by the swelling memberships of nongovernmental conservation organizations.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/environments/articles/voice-wilderness">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:18:42 -0400 70652986 3109 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu