How a road engineer became an ocean activist & won the world’s top environmental prize

Carlos Mallo Molina has been honored with the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts to safeguard the marine biodiversity of Tenerife, the most populous of the Canary Islands. In a recent episode of Mongabay’s podcast, Molina shares the story of why he decided to leave his position as a civil engineer working on a road project that was affecting the Teno-Rasca marine protected area (MPA).