SCMP Series:
Thought leaders and innovators came together in Hong Kong to highlight initiatives that seek to protect the natural world.
  • ⁠Cutting-edge research helps paralysed patients walk again, reduces man’s conflicts with wildlife, saves endangered tortoises and upcycles plastic waste
  • Rolex provides support for conservation scientist Krithi Karanth, neuroscientist Grégoire Courtine, tech entrepreneur Miranda Wang and conservationist Tomas Diagne
  • Earth’s oceans are home to up to 80 per cent of all life, but lack of awareness means many unprotected ecosystems face threats such as overfishing, noise pollution and plastic waste
  • Vital underwater studies and expeditions are being led by marine biologist Ginevra Boldrocchi, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and deep divers Ghislain Bardout and Emmanuelle Périé-Bardout
  • Expeditions to Africa’s Zambezi River, Chile and Argentina’s neglected landscapes, Canada’s Mount Logan and Swiss Alps’ melting glaciers aim to tackle climate change
  • Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports worldwide discoveries, research and data collection to find solutions to the planet’s pressing problems and help safeguard its future
  • Many scientists and adventurers are helping to document changes, collect data and learning how to preserve our natural world from the effects of global warming
  • Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative supports explorers and their expeditions as they take action to find solutions to challenges and guarantee our planet’s future