Claire Luffan

Claire Luffan is a writer and environmentalist who dedicated her lifelong career to protecting the distant and fragile deep sea. In 2018, she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Protection Award, which is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in ecology. Curiosity took her to the depths of the ocean, and deep-sea fishing determined her to fight against destructive fishing practices. She is committed to curbing deep-sea trawling and calling on governments and organizations to protect the fragile depths of the ocean. In 2004, she established BLOOM, a non-profit environmental organization headquartered in Paris and Hong Kong. Claire works in television production and journalism, focusing on filming wildlife and scientific documentaries. During filming around the world, she wrote her debut work, The Deep, and her eponymous art exhibition was exhibited at the National Museum of History in Paris in 2007. This exhibition presents the best samples, images, and video clips taken by marine photographers over the past 25 years. In addition, Claire also teaches courses in deep-sea fisheries, public fisheries subsidies, and sustainable development communication strategies at several universities worldwide. In April 2018, Claire became the second French person to receive the Goldman Environmental Protection Award, which is considered the highest environmental award and received $200000 in funding. Claire speaks six languages and lives in multiple countries.