Dr Purnima Devi Barman, a wildlife biologist from Assam, has won Whitley Gold Award 2024, also known as the Green Oscar.

Awards

Dr Purnima Devi Barman, a wildlife biologist from Assam, has won Whitley Gold Award 2024, also known as the Green Oscar. She was honoured for her conservation effort of the endangered bird, Hargila or Greater Adjutant Stork and its wetland habitat. This is the second time that Dr Barman has been honoured with the Whitley Gold Award. She was also awarded the prize in 2017. Dr Barman received the trophy from charity patron Princess Anne – the Princess Royal, the sister of King Charles III, at the Royal Geographical Society award ceremony in London, United Kingdom. Winner of the 2024 Whitley Gold Awards: Naomi Longa, Raju Sharma, Aristide Kamla, Kuenzang Dorji, Fernanda Abra, Leroy Ignacio, Purnima Barman.


      The Hargila bird has a wingspan of 2.4 metres and can reach a height of 1.2 meters.

      Whitley Fund for Nature is a charity registered in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1993.

      The first Indians to get the Whitley Gold Award were Archana Godbole and Brad Norman in 2007.

 

     


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