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Thomas 'Tom' Lovejoy

Known as the “Godfather of Biodiversity,” Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy is a world-renowned champion for global conservation efforts and conservation biology research grounded in sound science. He is credited with having brought the global tropical deforestation problem to the fore as a public issue, and was the first person to use the term “biological diversity” in 1980 (along with Edward O. Wilson).

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uV1svO-pZU

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/thomas-e-lovejoy-iii-an-ecologist-who-dedicated-his-career-to-preserving-the-amazon-rainforest-dies-at-80

• https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/tom-lovejoy-prominent-conservation-biologist-dead-at-80/

• https://www.amazonbiodiversitycenter.org/founder-tom-lovejoy

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