This is a celebratory session, designed to showcase the actions happening throughout the network to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Protecting biodiversity includes action close to home with positive ripple effects that can reach far beyond, and these three winners of the 2025 Reverse the Red Accelerator Award are doing just that.
We’ll hear from:
Caitlin Brant, Species Impact Coordinator for Reverse the Red, who will share more about the Reverse the Red Species Pledge and the Accelerator Award, and how all of the organisations making species pledges are helping to achieve the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework.
Daniela Torres, representing Fungi Foundation, whose Accelerator Award project is for the endangered Loyo Mushroom (Butyriboletus loyo)
Lawrence Wagura, representing Nature Concerns, whose Accelerator Award project is for the critically endangered Taita Apalis (Apalis fuscigularis)
Range Harnata, representing Ethnobiological Society of Indonesia (PMEI) whose Accelerator Award project is for the extinct in the wild Kalimantan Mango (Mangifera casturi)
The 2025 Accelerator Award was presented by Reverse the Red with the support of Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund and Synchronicity Earth to support the acceleration of action foundational to recovering species and creating positive impact on species and biodiversity. The nine winners of the 2025 Accelerator Award have the calendar year of 2026 to accelerate the recovery of a species. Your organisation can make your own Species Pledge to showcase the work you are doing locally on the global stage at pledge.reversethered.org