Q. Which Indian was conferred the UNEP ‘Champions of the Earth’ award in 2022?
Answer:
Purnima Devi Barman
Notes: Purnima Devi Barman, an Assam-based wildlife biologist, was awarded the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award this year.
It is presented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Barman won the award in the ‘Entrepreneurial Vision’ category, for her work in protecting the ‘Greater adjutant stork’, called ‘hargila’ in Assamese.