Thomas Lovejoy | |
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 Lovejoy in 1974 | |
| Born | Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III August 22, 1941 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 2021 (aged 80) McLean, Virginia, U.S. |
| Awards | Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (2001),
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2008), Blue Planet Prize (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Conservation Biology |
| Institutions | Amazon Biodiversity Center, George Mason University, World Bank, Heinz Center for Science Economics and the Environment, United Nations Foundation |
Thomas Eugene Lovejoy III (August 22, 1941 – December 25, 2021) was an American ecologist who was President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation and a university professor in the Environmental Science and Policy department at George Mason University.[1] Lovejoy was the World Bank's chief biodiversity advisor and the lead specialist for environment for Latin America and the Caribbean as well as senior advisor to the president of the United Nations Foundation. In 2008, he also was the first Biodiversity Chair of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment[2] to 2013. Previously he served as president of the Heinz Center since May 2002. Lovejoy introduced the term biological diversity to the scientific community in 1980. He was a past chair of the Scientific Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) for the Global Environment Facility (GEF),[3] the multibillion-dollar funding mechanism for developing countries in support of their obligations under international environmental conventions.
- ^ "Thomas Lovejoy". Wilson Center. 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
- ^ "Staff | heinzcenter.org". www.heinzctr.org. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ "STAP and the GEF: Leveraging knowledge and science for the global environment". Global Environment Facility. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2017-02-20.