Founder of the Amazon Biodiversity Center, he discovered that habitat destruction, pollution and global heating were killing species worldwide
Lovejoy began referring to biological diversity – the rich variety of life on Earth – in the late 1970s. Later shortened to biodiversity, it has become one of the most important themes of the age of climate crisis.
A leading extinction researcher, Lovejoy found that habitat destruction, pollution and global heating were snuffing out species around the world. He called for restoring forests to encourage the regrowth of native plants and animals and for protecting large tracts of water and land. Lovejoy also was involved in the founding of Nature, a venerable show on US public television featuring stunning footage from ecosystems around the world.Lovejoy’s research brought him to the Amazon in the 1960s and he became a
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