Dialogue between Matt McGrath and Pedro Jordano about environmental challenges

Matt McGrath began his career working as the editor of technology journals. In 1997 he joined BBC Radio 5 as a science and technology specialist, and in 2006 he became a science and environment reporter for the BBC, in 2012 taking up his current position as environmental correspondent. In 2010-2011 he spent time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) after receiving a Knight Science Journalism scholarship, the most prestigious award in the field of scientific and environmental journalism. As an environmental reporter he has covered a wide range of topics, from the marketing of the first transgenic foods to scientific reports and summits on climate change, a subject which, together with the crisis of biodiversity, he considers a top priority. His journalistic work, on online channels and television, is a point of reference for millions of people all over the world who seek rigorous information about global environmental issues.

Pedro Jordano is a biologist and CSIC researcher at the Doñana Biological Station. His research focuses on studying biodiversity from an ecological and evolutionary standpoint. He has won numerous national and international awards, including the 2018 Alejandro Malaspina National Award for Research into Science and Technology of Natural Resources, the 2018 Luis Balaguer Ecosystems Award, the British Ecological Society's Marsh Award in 2016, the 2014 King James I Award and the Ecological Society of America's Mercer Award in 2008.