Why Louis Bacon is the conversation hero of 2013

For more than two decades, philanthropist Louis bacon has been championing conservation and eco products across the world.

A keen sportsman in his youth, Louis has always felt a connection with the outdoors which inspired his lifelong love of the environment.

With this in mind, Louis Bacon used his middle name to create the Moore Charitable Foundation to support other charities which aim to preserve the natural world.

Now, Bacon has supported over 200 organisations from local to global statures, with the aim of conserving our planet.

Louis’ tactic of purchasing land and then donating it to conservation easements, aimed at developing natural habitats, includes a management plan on Robins Island, Long Island which creates a safe haven for shorebirds on the East coast.

Bacon has also been instrumental in creating a network of rice fields and marshes at Orton Plantation in North Carolina and his support of The Nature Conservancy created a 50-acre home for three protected bird species on Tern Island, New York.

Last year, Louis Bacon donated easements to the U.S. Fishand Wildlife Service (FWS) to forever protect 167,000 acres of the Blanca Trinchera Ranch in the Sangre de Cristo – the largest conservation easement ever donated to the organisation.

In his day job, Mr. Bacon is the founder and CEO of Moore Capital Management a successful global hedge fund management firm, allowing Louis to use his substantial resources in protecting the environment.

Louis is a leading supporter of the National Audubon Society, its state field operations and numerous chapters. In January, Louis Bacon was presented with the Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership by the society to recognising his tireless work in preserving Trinchera Blanca Ranch in southern Colorado.

Recently, The Moore Bahamas Foundation agreed to fund an expedition to identify areas of high juvenile shark populations in the Bahamas to map out potential breeding and nursery habitats.