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Thomas Lovejoy

Thomas Lovejoy Biography

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Thomas Lovejoy, born in 1941, is an American ecologist and biodiversity advocate. His research in ecology has had a profound impact on the conservation of biodiversity.

Thomas Lovejoy, born in 1941, is an American ecologist and biodiversity advocate. His research in ecology has had a profound impact on the conservation of biodiversity.

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“Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man.”

People Men Sometimes Choices Understanding Existence Rich Cold Higher Environmental Spread Esteem Sustainability Conservation Stopping Cranes Wild Places

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“Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones.”

Genes Engineers

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“Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work.”

Natural Species Library Complexity Engineers Biodiversity

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“The planet is about to break out with fever, indeed it may already have, and we [human beings] are the disease. We should be at war with ourselves and our lifestyles.”

Should Humans May War Human Beings Break Planets Disease Environmental Climate Change Lifestyle Global Warming Fever Extremist Break Out

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“Natural species are the library from which genetic engineers can work. Genetic engineers don't make new genes, they rearrange existing ones. Speaking as World Wildlife Fund Executive Vice President, stating the need to conserve biodiversity, even plants and animals having no immediate use, as a unique repository of genes for possible future biogengineering applications.”

World Needs Use President Natural Animal Unique Plant Species Library Vices Fund Executives Application Genes Engineers Wildlife Vice President Biodiversity Plants And Animals

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“The biggest problems are the damn national sectors of these developing countries. These countries think that they have the right to develop their resources as they see fit. They want to become powers.”

Thinking Want Country Problem Fit Resources Developing Damn Developing Countries

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Born: 1941
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