Overview
- The actor accepted the E.O. Wilson Legacy Award for Transformative Conservation Leadership during the Half-Earth Day event at the Field Museum.
- In remarks, he urged a “new politics of nature” focused on biodiversity protection and confronting climate change.
- Ford has served for over 25 years as vice chair at Conservation International and advises the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation.
- His longtime connection to Wilson includes the 2002 naming of the ant Pheidole harrisonfordi and joint conservation initiatives.
- The event also recognized Field Museum curator David Willard with the Parker/Gentry Award for on-the-ground biodiversity work.