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Denica Riadini-Flesch: Indonesia's textile heartland

For Denica Riadini-Flesch - the new Laureate of the Rolex Awards for Initiative 2023 - if the aim is to solve a complex environmental, social and gender problem, it is necessary to look to the past.

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Una cruzada para proteger a los murciélagos

Rodrigo Medellín lucha por la protección de los murciélagos, mamíferos voladores responsables de toda clase de tareas ecológicas. Sus hábitos nocturnos, sin embargo, les han dado una mala fama inmerecida que aún es momento de cambiar.

30 mayo, 2022 LEER MÁS »
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Un mapa hacia el conocimiento ancestral

La defensora de los derechos indígenas recaba los conocimientos tradicionales de Chad para crear un proyecto cartográfico colaborativo y administrar mejor los recursos disponibles para prevenir conflictos climáticos en el Sáhel.

19 noviembre, 2021 LEER MÁS »
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Una expedición en busca del pasado de la Tierra

Para Moseley, las cuevas son máquinas del tiempo en las que se puede leer la historia de la Tierra. Investigarlas significa conocer las etapas por las que ha atravesado una de las regiones más remotas del planeta y entender sus condiciones previas.

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Ideas to combat world hunger

Social entrepreneur Felix Brooks-church, the Rolex Award Laureate for Initiative 2021, plans to fight world hunger with pragmatism: he invented a machine that turns ordinary flour into fortified food. Today, the dosing machine benefits two million people every day.

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Rinzin Phonjuk Lama works to protect the wide diversity of Nepal's Trans-Himalayan ecosystems, home to globally threatened iconic mammals, by engaging local communities.  Photo: ©Tashi R. Ghale

Achieving a balance among all living creatures

Rinzin Phunjok Lama is one of five laureates of the Rolex Awards 2021 Initiative for his species conservation work in the Transhimalaya. The biologist and conservationist monitors the conservation status of species and works with local communities to achieve an inclusive strategy.

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Luiz Rocha works to explore and protect deep-sea coral reefs and their biodiversity in the Indian Ocean, and strengthen the conservation of these largely unknown ecosystems. ©Tane Sinclair-Taylor

Diving into the depths to save the unknown

Luiz Rocha's exploration in the Maldives contributes to the classification of the biodiversity of this largely unknown mesopelagic zone. This is an urgent task for its protection, because what is unknown cannot be safeguarded.

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