Enric Sala
Dr Enric Sala is a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, conducting exploration, scientific research, strategic communications, and policy work to advance ocean conservation.
Dr Sala is currently leading the Pristine Seas project to help protect the last wild places in the ocean, and developing and implementing new business models for ocean conservation. He was key in inspiring the creation of the Pacific Remote Atolls National Monument, USA; the Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park, Chile; and the Seamounts Marine Protected Area, Costa Rica.
A 2005 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, 2006 Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, 2008 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, and 2013 Research Award of the Spanish Geographical Society, Dr Sala was also formerly a professor at the prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has produced over 100 scientific publications, many popular articles, and five documentary films.
