Academy of Natural Sciences

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

According to the International Union for Conservation’s Red List of Threatened Species — a major indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity — least 10,967 species are currently affected, increasing their likelihood of extinction. Both new species are threatened by deforestation, one is already critically endangered,” said Weckstein.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

DECEMBER 27, 2021

On December 25 the world lost one of the great champions of conservation and a long-time friend and associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Tom Lovejoy. Later Tom became President of the Heinz Center, supporting wildlife and habitat conservation around the world. Tom Lovejoy circa 1972, photo by Jerry Freilich.

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ESA

JANUARY 26, 2022

His optimism, generosity, and compassion inspired an amazing spectrum of ecologists, conservation biologists, economists, politicians, celebrities, and students. His early experience in the Amazon began a life-long love of tropical biology and conservation.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 12, 2023

Unfortunately, the southern Amazon Rainforest is also at the center of the region’s deforestation. Understanding, appreciating and conserving biodiversity has been at the core of the Academy’s science work since its founding in 1812.

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