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May 14, 2021
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In news- Nuklu Phom, a church worker from Nagaland has won the Whitley Award, 2021 alongside six other awardees from South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Kenya.

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  • He is awarded for his efforts to create a network of community-owned forests in the state and protect the rare Amur falcon.
  • He is the only Indian to win the prestigious award.
  • Over the years, he has been working towards creating a “Biodiversity Peace Corridor”, which is a network of villages across four districts in Nagaland to promote community conservation. 
  • The idea is an extension of the “Yaongyimchen Community Biodiversity Area”, in Phom’s ancestral village in Longleng district, where he set up a community-based conservation model.
  • In Yaongyimchen, his work is primarily focused on conservation of wildlife and environment protection, but extends to education, health and micro-finance.
  • The Lemsachenlok Society, which he founded, was recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2015 for its efforts towards conserving the Amur falcon.
  • It was a recipient of the India Biodiversity Award in 2018 and a Governor’s Gold Medal Award in 2021.

Note- Bibhuti Lahkar is a senior scientist at Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in Northeast India, was also shortlisted to the award along with Phom. He was shortlisted for building bridges between people and Asian elephants.

About Whitley award-

  • It is awarded annually to individuals from the Global South by UK-based charity the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN).
  • Each winner receives £40,000 in project funding over one year.
  • It is also known as the ‘Green Oscar’.
  • It was established in 1994 by Edward Whitley.
  • The Awards seek to recognise outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation with a focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America, bringing international attention to the work of deserving individuals committed to precipitating long-lasting conservation benefits with the support of local communities. 
  • WFN also provides media and speech training to enable winners to effectively communicate their work and inspire further philanthropic support.
  • Each year a previous Whitley Award winner is selected to receive the Whitley Gold Award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to conservation.
  • The Gold Award winners are international advocates for biodiversity with the passion and ambition to spread conservation messages to a wider audience. 
  • The Award is worth £60,000 in project funding for up to two years. 
  • Gold winners also join the Whitley Awards Judging Panel and act as a mentor to new winners during the Awards week.
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Source: Indian Express
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