Charudutt Mishra won the prestigious Whitley Gold Award

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Category : Awards Published on: May 02 2022

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Noted snow leopard expert and wildlife conservationist Charudutt Mishra has won the prestigious Whitley Gold Award for his contribution to involving indigenous communities in the conservation and recovery of big cat species in Asia’s high mountain ecosystems.
Princess Anne presented the award to Mishra at London’s Royal Geographic Society.
This is Charudutt Mishra's second Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) award. He first received this award in 2005.
Mishra, who is also the co-founder of Bengaluru-based Nature Conservation Foundation, established India’s first community scheme to save snow leopards over a decade ago.

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Charudutt Mishra won the prestigious Whitley Gold Award