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India Biodiversity Award 2018
May 27 , 2018
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- Arunachal Pradesh-based NGO Singchung Bugun Community Reserve (SBVCR) won the India Biodiversity Award 2018 in the “Conservation of wildlife species” category.
- It was awarded for its efforts to conserve rare Critically Endangered bird Bugun
- The award is a joint initiative of
- Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC),
- National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
- It recognizes the contribution of a range of stakeholders towards the conservation of biodiversity.
- It is given in four categories viz.
- Conservation of Threatened Species,
- Sustainable use of biological resources
- Successful models for access and benefit sharing
- Biodiversity Management Committees
- The bird was identified as a new species in 2006 and is reportedly only new bird species to have been discovered in India since 1947.
- It has been named after Bugun tribe because of their conservation efforts.
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