Source: TOI
Context: Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil, renowned for his work on the Western Ghats, has been named a UNEP Champion of the Earth 2024 in the lifetime achievement category.
About UNEP Champions of the Earth Awards:
- Origin:
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- Established in: 2005.
- Awarded by: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- Aim: To honour individuals, groups, and organizations making transformative environmental contributions.
- Categories:
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- Lifetime Achievement
- Policy Leadership
- Inspiration and Action
- Science and Innovation
- Entrepreneurial Vision
- Winners of UNEP Champions of the Earth 2024:
| Winner | Country/Organization | Category | Contribution |
| Madhav Gadgil | India | Lifetime Achievement | Advocacy for ecosystem conservation, especially in the Western Ghats. |
| Sonia Guajajara | Brazil | Policy Leadership | Advocating Indigenous rights and combating deforestation. |
| Amy Bowers Cordalis | USA | Inspiration and Action | Restoring the Klamath River ecosystem and advocating for Indigenous rights. |
| Gabriel Paun | Romania | Inspiration and Action | Protecting Europe’s last old-growth forests in the Carpathians. |
| Lu Qi | China | Science and Innovation | Leading efforts in desertification reversal and afforestation projects. |
| SEKEM | Egypt | Entrepreneurial Vision | Promoting sustainable agriculture and transforming desert areas into farms. |
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