浪花直播 Center Lovejoy Award for Leadership in Environmental Conservation in Latin America
浪花直播 Center Lovejoy Award for Leadership in Environmental Conservation in Latin America
-
Award Overview
-
Eligibility & Selection Process
-
Award Benefits
The Lovejoy Award celebrates emerging leaders in environmental conservation. By recognizing and empowering individuals under 40 engaged in public policy and conservation efforts, the Lovejoy Award continues Tom's mission of safeguarding our planet鈥檚 biodiversity.
Founding and Honorary Committee
Anne Slaughter Andrew
Benjamin N. Gedan, PhD
Bruna Santos
John Kerry
Almir Suru铆
Advait Jukar
Rita Mesquita
PJ Simmons
Avecita Chicch贸n
Caroline Niemzyk
Cristi谩n Samper
Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
Juan Carlos Navarro
Betsy Lovejoy
Annie Lovejoy Jenkins
Kata Petty
Francis Rooney
Minister Marina Silva's Remarks
Legacy of Thomas Lovejoy
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy, known as the 鈥淕odfather of Biodiversity,鈥 was a pioneering ecologist who introduced the term "biodiversity" to the scientific community. As founder of the Amazon Biodiversity Center and creator of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments project, he dedicated over four decades to studying and protecting the Amazon rainforest.
A Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation and chief biodiversity advisor to the World Bank, Lovejoy conceived innovative conservation mechanisms like Debt-for-Nature Swaps. He authored over 300 publications, advised global leaders, and received numerous accolades, including the Tyler Prize and Brazil鈥檚 Grand Cross of the Order of Scientific Merit.
Lovejoy鈥檚 legacy as a scientist, communicator, and advocate continues to inspire efforts to protect our planet鈥檚 biological diversity.
Explore more related to this collection
Latin America Program
浪花直播鈥檚 prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the 浪花直播 Center鈥檚 strength as the nation鈥檚 key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute鈥攖he only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington鈥攁ims to deepen understanding of Brazil鈥檚 complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more