Captain Pete Bethune is the founder of Earthrace Conservation, an organisation that focuses on providing critical support to governments and NGOs globally, to protect endangered species. His campaigns focus on patrols that protect national parks, marine protected areas and engages with local communities and key stakeholders. His current mission, based on the newly launched commitments at COP26, has led him and his team to provide ongoing support to the respective governments to protect the massive Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) that encompasses the world heritage marine reserves of Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia.