Thomas E. Lovejoy
President, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and Environment
"The prospects for nature with increasing climate change are ever more disruptive and dire. Nature is the most sensitive of all factors that should be setting the limit for climate change, and make the greenhouse gas issue more urgent than even the most concerned probably realize. Since life on Earth is based on carbon ecosystems and forests in particular can be part of the package that helps address the distortions of the carbon cycle.
Thomas E. Lovejoy has been President of The Heinz Center since May 2002.Before coming to The Heinz Center, he was the World Bank's Chief Biodiversity Advisor, Lead Specialist for the Environment for Latin America, and the Caribbean and Senior Advisor to the President of the United Nations Foundation. Dr. Lovejoy has been Assistant Secretary and Counsellor to the Secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, and Executive Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. He conceived the idea for the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems project (a joint project between the Smithsonian and Brazil's INPA); originated the concept of debt-for-nature swaps, and is the founder of the public television series Nature. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Dr. Lovejoy served on science and environmental councils or committees under the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. He received his BS and PhD (biology) degrees from Yale University.
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