Ramanathapuram Forest Range Officer S Sathish was honoured with the International Ranger Award.
The award was jointly announced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), International Ranger Federation (IRF), Global Wildlife Conservation and Conservation Allies.
He is one of the 10 recipients of the first edition of the award.
Sathish shared the award with Mahendira Giri from Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand and eight other Forest Rangers from Cambodia, Myanmar, Russia, Georgia, Zambia, Madagascar, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Colombia.