Ladislav Miko is a Czech soil biologist, ecologist, and environmentalist. He teaches ecology, environmental sciences and restoration ecology at Charles University in Prague. In 1989, he participated in the Velvet Revolution and later entered politics, serving as Czechia’s environment minister in 2009. He worked for the European Commission between 2005 and 2021. Ladislav is the president of EKOFILM, Europe’s oldest environmental film festival.