I'm going to be a biologist." He graduated from Millbrook in 1959. Lovejoy, a tropical biologist and conservation biologist, has worked in the Amazon of Brazil since 1965.
I'm going to be a biologist." He graduated from Millbrook in 1959. Lovejoy, a tropical biologist and conservation biologist, has worked in the Amazon of Brazil since 1965.
in biology from Yale University. From 1973 to 1987 he directed the conservation program at World Wildlife Fund-U.S., and from 1987 to 1998 he served as assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and in 1994 became counselor to the secretary for biodiversity and environmental affairs.
Wilcox in June 1978 for The First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology, that was held in La Jolla, in September 1978.
The proceedings, introduced conservation biology to the scientific community. Lovejoy founded the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) near Manaus, Brazil, in 1979 to understand the effects of the fragmentation on tropical rainforests on ecosystems and wildlife. Lovejoy serves on many scientific and conservation boards and advisory groups, is the author of numerous articles and books.
Lovejoy introduced the term biological diversity to the scientific community in 1980.
Bush, and Clinton administrations. Lovejoy predicted in 1980 (see quote below), that 10–20 percent of all species on earth would have gone extinct by the year 2020. In 2001, Lovejoy was the recipient of the University of Southern California's Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
in biology from Yale University. From 1973 to 1987 he directed the conservation program at World Wildlife Fund-U.S., and from 1987 to 1998 he served as assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and in 1994 became counselor to the secretary for biodiversity and environmental affairs.
in biology from Yale University. From 1973 to 1987 he directed the conservation program at World Wildlife Fund-U.S., and from 1987 to 1998 he served as assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and in 1994 became counselor to the secretary for biodiversity and environmental affairs.
in biology from Yale University. From 1973 to 1987 he directed the conservation program at World Wildlife Fund-U.S., and from 1987 to 1998 he served as assistant secretary for environmental and external affairs for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and in 1994 became counselor to the secretary for biodiversity and environmental affairs.
From 1999 to 2002, he served as chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank.
—Reith Lecture, Biodiversity, 2000. It is nothing short of scandalous that we probably only know one out of every ten species on earth, let alone where they are or, various aspects of their biology...
—Reith Lecture, Biodiversity, 2000. Hundreds of thousands of species will perish, and this reduction of 10 to 20 percent of the earth's biota will occur in about half a human life span....This reduction of the biological diversity of the planet is the most basic issue of our time.
Bush, and Clinton administrations. Lovejoy predicted in 1980 (see quote below), that 10–20 percent of all species on earth would have gone extinct by the year 2020. In 2001, Lovejoy was the recipient of the University of Southern California's Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Laurance). In 2001, Lovejoy received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Peter H.
Previously he served as president of the Heinz Center since May 2002.
From 1999 to 2002, he served as chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank.
Raven. In 2004, a new wasp species that acts as a parasite on butterfly larvae was discovered on the Pacific slope of the Talamanca mountain range in Costa Rica by Ronald Zúñiga, a specialist in bees, wasps and ants at the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio).
In 2008, he also was the first Biodiversity Chair of the H.
Lovejoy has been granted the 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology category (ex aequo with William F.
In 2010 and 2011, he served as chair of the Independent Advisory Group on Sustainability for the Inter-American Development Bank.
In 2010 and 2011, he served as chair of the Independent Advisory Group on Sustainability for the Inter-American Development Bank.
John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment to 2013.
He is also an emeritus member of the board of directors for Population Action International and serves on the Scientific Board of SavingSpecies (dissolved July 2019), a conservation organization featured in a Nature magazine article about Thomas Lovejoy's scientific accomplishments. In 2016, he was selected as a U.S.
Science Envoy by the United States State Department. In 2018, Lovejoy co-founded the Amazon Biodiversity Center to support the work of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project. ==Quotes== The natural world in which we live is nothing short of entrancing — wondrous really.
He is also an emeritus member of the board of directors for Population Action International and serves on the Scientific Board of SavingSpecies (dissolved July 2019), a conservation organization featured in a Nature magazine article about Thomas Lovejoy's scientific accomplishments. In 2016, he was selected as a U.S.
Bush, and Clinton administrations. Lovejoy predicted in 1980 (see quote below), that 10–20 percent of all species on earth would have gone extinct by the year 2020. In 2001, Lovejoy was the recipient of the University of Southern California's Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
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