Stewart McPherson is Co-founder and Project Leader of DARWIN200. He is the award-winning author of over 35 natural history books and presenter of numerous wildlife documentaries. He leads dozens of expeditions across the world each year and has discovered 35 new species.

The DARWIN200 Global Voyage

Dutch tall sailing ship Oosterschelde near Cabo Verde, 2012. Photographer: Arthur Smeets  © Shipping Company ‘Oosterschelde’
Map of DARWIN200 Voyage.
DARWIN200 participants conduct research on a beach during the project's United Kingdom pilot voyage in 2021. © DARWIN200
Tall Ship Oosterschelde off Cape Horn, Chile, 2014. © Shipping Company ‘Oosterschelde’

A decade in the making, the DARWIN200 project centres on inspiring a new wave of exceptional environmental leaders by training and empowering some of the world’s top young (from 18 to 25 years of age) conservationists.