Biodiversity changemakers

The selection

• Abderazzak BenchaabaneMarrakech, Morocco“Forty years documenting Morocco's plants quietly saves knowledge that was about to disappear.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Billion Oyster ProjectNew York, USA“Urban ecological restoration at scale with an exemplary educational dimension, a rare model of city/ocean reconciliation.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• BIOfábrikGuayaquil, EcuadorRecommended by Simon Bernard
• Birdgirl (Mya-Rose Craig)Bristol, UK“Mya-Rose opens birdwatching and nature to communities too often left outside it.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Fonds ExploreConcarneau, France“They back the expeditions that help us understand a world we are still learning to protect.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• HasdeoRaipur, India“Alok stands between the forest and the mine, and he does it by amplifying the people who live there.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Hindou Oumarou IbrahimN'Djamena, Chad“Hindou carries her community's knowledge of the land onto the world stage, and we need that voice.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Institut Océanographique Paul Ricardîle des Embiez, France“Fifty years of independent Mediterranean science, freely open to the public, is a gift.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Instituto TerraAimorés, Brazil“The Salgados replanted a dead farm into forest, and the springs and animals came back, which gives me hope.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• isiMpondoXolobeni, South Africa“Their stand for ancestral land reminds me that protecting a place and honoring the people on it are one and the same.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Knepp Wildland / Isabella TreeDorset, UK“Letting a worn-out farm go wild brought back turtle doves and nightingales, and that story changed how I think about land.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• NavdanyaDehradun, India“Vandana Shiva defends seeds as a commons, and that fight protects farmers everywhere.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ocean AliveSetúbal, Portugal“Raquel hands the work of protecting the seagrass to the fisherwomen who know the estuary best.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Oceans 2050USA“Alexandra is building the data that lets ocean farmers prove and earn from the carbon they store.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• PhytobokazPetit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France“Dr. Joseph gives Caribbean plant knowledge the scientific footing it always deserved.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Rainforest ConnectionSan Francisco, USA“Turning old phones into ears for the forest is the kind of frugal cleverness I love.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• rrreefsZurich, Switzerland“Printing reef bricks shaped like real coral gives larvae a home to colonize, which is beautifully direct.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Slow Food Foundation for BiodiversityBra, Italy“Carlo Petrini reminded us that eating well is a pleasure worth defending everywhere.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Svalbard Global Seed VaultSvalbard, Norway“A cold mountain holding more than a million seeds is the most patient insurance humanity has.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Wildlife Conservation Fund / Hélène GrimaudNew York, USA“A great pianist giving her fame to wolves is a union of art and wildness I find moving.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume