Indian scientist gets 2014 Midori prize for biodiversity
10 Sep 2014 12:49 AM GMT
An evolutionary Indian ecologist, Kamal Bawa has won the prestigious $100,000 Midori Prize for biodiversity for his pioneering research, including in climate change in the Himalayas.
The AEON Environmental Foundation, Japan, established the Midori Prize for Biodiversity in 2010, which is given to only three individuals, who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity at global, regional or local levels. Bawa, 75, would be receiving the award in October, 2014 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, at COP-12, when India, current chair of the Conference of Parties (COP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will pass the baton to Korea, according to a media release from ATREE.
He is also the president of Bangalore-based environmental research organization ATREE.
The AEON Environmental Foundation, Japan, established the Midori Prize for Biodiversity in 2010, which is given to only three individuals, who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity at global, regional or local levels. Bawa, 75, would be receiving the award in October, 2014 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, at COP-12, when India, current chair of the Conference of Parties (COP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), will pass the baton to Korea, according to a media release from ATREE.
He is also the president of Bangalore-based environmental research organization ATREE.
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