Thomas Lovejoy in Conversation

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01.

Brief History of Thomas Lovejoy

02 min 00 sec

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Biodiversity Index

01 min 58 sec

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03.

Creating a Universal System

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04.

Index and Marketing

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05.

Carbon Markets

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06.

Carbon vs. Biodiversity

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Exciting People on Biodiversity

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08.

Efforts in Cataloging Species

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• Thomas Lovejoy Pits Carbon Against Biodiversity

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  Thomas Lovejoy argues that we oversimplify global warming to carbon pollution at the expense of biodiversity.
  
  Valuing a plant for its carbon, Lovejoy responds, is like valuing a computer chip only for its silicon.
  
  Lovejoy says that ignoring the complexity of ecosystems -- or our "magnificent living library" -- greatly hinders our own development as a species.

• Thomas Lovejoy Rallies for Biological Age of Exploration

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  Thomas Lovejoy explains how we can benefit from harnessing and understanding all the "living wonders" of biodiversity.
  
  Drawing from the example of curare, Lovejoy champions for a "major age" of environmental exploration which would both benefit us and the fragile ecosystems.

• Thomas Lovejoy on Marketing for Biodiversity

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  Thomas Lovejoy analyzes the potential to harness market forces to protect the "great tropical forests of the world."
  
  Lovejoy hopes that indexing biodiversity may lead to greater environmental protection.

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