Indian trust wins 2019 Sultan Qaboos Prize for Preservation of Environment
Paris, France - The Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) from India has been awarded the 2019 Sultan Qaboos Prize for the Preservation of the Environment, Audrey Azoulay, Director General, Unesco, announced on Tuesday.
ATREE has won the award for its outstanding efforts to safeguard the environment at the social level, the diversity of its activities related to sustainable development and the promotion of sustainable livelihoods through a wide range of works.
It includes ecosystems in the Himalayas, Western Ghats forests registered within the biosphere reserves and Unesco World Heritage sites, Grasslands in Kutch, wetlands in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, urban landscapes in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, as well as several activities conducted by ATREE in the fields of ecology and environment for awareness and training in conservation.
The award including a certificate, a Unesco medal and a reward of US$100,000 will be handed over to ATREE at the World Science Forum to be held in the Hungarian capital of Budapest from November 20-23.
The forum will host wellknown scientists, decision-makers and technology leaders, research and development investors, and influential opinionmakers in civil society from more than 100 countries.
The Unesco-Sultan Qaboos Prize for the Preservation of the Environment is one of the highlights of the World Science Forum 2019.
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said announced the launch of the ‘Unesco-Sultan Qaboos Prize for the Preservation of the Environment’ during a visit to the Unesco headquarters in 1989.
The award aims to highlight the outstanding contributions of individuals or groups, institutions or governmental and nongovernmental organisations in the management and preservation of the environment, in training and education, in the establishment and management of biosphere reserves, natural world heritage sites and global geological parks.
The award includes a certificate, a Unesco medal and a reward of US$100,000