The MDPI Sustainability Foundation is proud to recognize Dr Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation at Duke University, as a recipient of the 2025 World Sustainability Award for his outstanding contributions to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration.

Professor Pimm is a global leader in the study of biodiversity, particularly contemporary extinctions and strategies to prevent them. He leads Saving Nature, a non-profit organisation that utilises donations for carbon emissions offsets to support conservation groups in areas of exceptional tropical biodiversity, aiding in the restoration of degraded lands.

Professor Pimm is the author of nearly 400 scientific papers and five books, including The World According to Pimm: A Scientist Audits the Earth, a highly regarded evaluation of human impact on the planet. His honours include the International Cosmos Prize (2019), the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (2010), and the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006).

He has worked extensively in Africa since joining the Conservation Ecology Research Unit at the University of Pretoria in 1996. In 2024, the University of Pretoria awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree in recognition of his contributions to conservation science.

Through decades of leadership in biodiversity research and conservation practice, Professor Pimm exemplifies the mission of the MDPI Sustainability Foundation and the World Sustainability Award—advancing global sustainability through the protection and restoration of the natural world.