Jagdish S Bakan bagged Michel Batisse award 2023

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Category : Awards Published on: June 12 2023

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An IFS officer, Jagdish S Bakan has won the prestigious UNESCO Michel Batisse Award 2023 for biosphere reserve management.
The 2017 batch officer of the Indian Forest Service is currently the director of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve.
He will receive the award from UNESCO in Paris on June 14, 2023.
The USD 12,000 award is given in memory of Dr. Michel Batisse for outstanding achievement in the management of biosphere reserves in line with the recommendations of the Seville Strategy.

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Jagdish S Bakan bagged Michel Batisse award 2023