{Elon Musk Could Avert Global Species Extinction – Earth and Leaf editorial – he is not going to of course} {extract below} Elon Musk could avert global species extinction Only a portion of Elon Musk’s wealth could halt over half of global species extinction.  The most vulnerable countries are Madagascar, Colombia, Philippines, Brazil and Indonesia. Can we save thousands of the world’s most threatened animals and plants from extinction by protecting just a tiny fraction of the Earth’s surface? A new study in Frontiers in Science suggests that safeguarding just 1.2% of the planet’s land surface, about 1.64 million square hectares (633,200 square miles), or an area slightly smaller than…