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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Thomas E. Lovejoy, a leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity,” has died. He was 80.
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) Thomas E. Lovejoy, a leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity,” has died. He was 80. His death on Saturday was announced by George Mason University , where he was director of the Institute for a Sustainable Earth, and the Amazon Biodiversity Center , which he founded.
The leading conservation biologist, who is credited with popularizing the term “biological diversity," was also a passionate advocate for tropical rainforests.