1. Conserving penguins via land and sea protection

Pablo is the founder and president of the Global Penguin Society. He is also a researcher at the National Research Council in Argentina, associate professor at the University of Washington, and the co-founder and co-chair of the IUCN Penguin Specialist Group. He has spent 34 years in the field of marine conservation, focusing on protected areas and seabird ecology and conservation, with special emphasis on penguins. Together with his team he has helped protect 32 million acres of ocean and coastal habitat for penguins. He also works on marine conservation tools planning and implementation and in education, interacting with government agencies, communities, and multiple institutions. For example, he leads processes to help designate, plan, and implement marine and terrestrial protected areas. He also recognizes that science communication is critical to improve the stewardship of the ocean and modify people’s attitudes and behaviour, so he works extensively with national and international media. He has been a scientific advisor to Paramount Pictures, Disney, BBC, CNN, National Geographic, among others. Borboroglu studied biological sciences at the National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco and received his Ph.D., with honors, in biology from the National University of Comahue in Argentina. He was a Duke University Global Fellow in Marine Conservation in 2001, he has received the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation 2009, the Whitley Gold Award 2019, the National Geographic Buffet Award 2018, The Rolex Award for Enterprise 2019 and the Honor Recognition by the Congress of Argentina. He is also the winner of the 2023 Indianapolis Prize, the world’s leading animal conservation award.