CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Assam’s leading conservationist Purnima Devi Barman has been awarded the United Nation’s highest environmental honour, ‘Champions of the Earth’, for 2022. A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the “Champions of the Earth Award’ by the United Nations, he has written a blog in several newspapers.

Detailed explanation-2: -In news: Indian wildlife biologist Dr Purnima Devi Barman has been honoured with the U.N. Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2022 Champions of the Earth award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category. About the award: Established in 2005, it is U.N.’s highest environmental honour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr. Barman has been honoured with the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2022 Champions of the Earth award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category. A wildlife biologist, Dr. Barman leads the “Hargila Army", an all-female grassroots conservation movement dedicated to protecting the Greater Adjutant Stork from extinction.

Detailed explanation-4: -UNEP’s 2022 Champions of the Earth are: Arcenciel (Lebanon), honoured in the Inspiration and Action category, is a leading environmental enterprise whose work to create a cleaner, healthier environment has laid the foundation for the country’s national waste management strategy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Champions of the Earth is the United Nations’ highest environmental honour. The award celebrates individuals and groups whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment.