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Detailed explanation-1: -Mishra, who is also the co-founder of Bengaluru-based Nature Conservation Foundation, established India’s first community scheme to save snow leopards over a decade ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

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: -Having won the Whitley Gold Award from UK wildlife conservation charity, Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), leading snow leopard conservationist Charudutt Mishra will empower 20 conservation leaders as future advocates. The award was presented by Patron HRH The Princess Royal at a ceremony held in London on 27 April 2022.

Detailed explanation-5: -Whitley Gold Award winners are international advocates for biodiversity with the passion and ambition to inspire large-scale change. The award is worth £100,000 in project funding, and recipients join the Whitley Awards judging panel as well as mentoring new winners.