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Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi: 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each year a Whitley Award alumnus is chosen to receive the Whitley Gold Award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to conservation. Whitley Gold Award winners are international advocates for biodiversity with the passion and ambition to inspire large-scale change.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charudutt Mishra, a snow leopard conservationist, was awarded the Whitely Gold Award on April 27, 2022, at the Royal Geographical Society in London, for his efforts to involve local communities in conserving the enigmatic big cat of Inner Asia. This is Mishra’s second WFN Prize. He had won the award previously in 2005.

Detailed explanation-4: -About the Charudutt Mishra: Mishra is co-founder of Mysore (Karnataka)-based Nature Conservation Foundation and executive director of the Snow Leopard Trust. Mishra established India’s first community-based initiatives to save the endangered snow leopard.