A conservationist, a sustainable waste management business, an economist, a women’s rights activist and a wildlife biologist were selected from nearly 2,200 nominations – a record submission. new program.
UNEPannualchampion of the earthThe award is the United Nations’ highest environmental honor, recognizing individuals and organizations from a number of sectors, including civil society, academia and the private sector, who are working to protect the world. our nature.
Meet the champions
Three winners were honored in the Inspiration and Action categories.
Pioneering environmental non-profit group Arcenciel has won awards for two decades helping Lebanon manage waste.
“We have identified a lot of issues affecting the environment and especially the community and the health of society,” said Robin Richa, General Manager of Arcenciel. “We tried to be strategic in identifying activities where we could make a sustainable impact.”
Meanwhile, Cécile Bibiane NdjebetCo-founder of Ecosystems Cameroon and Chair of the African Women’s Network for Community Forest Management, recognized for their work in remediation of damage caused by deforestation, wetland depletion and pollution. river at an unstable speed.
“I realized that women were struggling a lot,” recalled Ndjebet, expressing her desire to “support these rural women to improve their lives.”
Organization Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos, founded in 2000 by biologist Constantino Aucca Chutasplanted more than three million trees in Peru and protected or restored 30,000 hectares of land.
“When we plant a tree, we give something back to Mother Earth. We believe that the more trees we plant, the happier people will be,” Aucca said, calling it “a happy day.”
Category: Startup Vision
wild biologist Purnima Devi Barman leads the “Hargila Army,” an all-female grassroots conservation movement that has brought the larger stork back from the brink of extinction by empowering thousands of women, starting entrepreneurship, and improving livelihoods. next.
As a child in Cameroon, she recounted that her grandmother took her to nearby rice fields and wetlands, where she “saw storks and many other species”. Ms Barman said: “I love birds.
Genre: Science and Innovation
Over the decades, Partha Dasgupta has made groundbreaking contributions to the economy – awakening the world to the value of nature and the need to protect ecosystems.
“Economic projections include investment in factories, employment rates, [gross domestic product] evolution. “They never mentioned what was going on with the ecosystem,” Mr. Dasgupta said. “It’s really urgent that we think about it now.”
UN’s highest environmental honor celebrates ecosystem restoration
The trails for solutions
Since its inception in 2005, the annual Champion of the Earth award has been presented to pioneers at the forefront of efforts to protect our natural world.
To date, the award has recognized 111 laureates: 26 world leaders, 69 individuals and 16 organisations.
Last year’s winners include BarbadosPrime Minister Mia Mottley,The Women of the Seas of Melanesia,Gladys Kalema-Zikusokafrom Uganda, andMaria Kolesnikovafrom the Kyrgyz Republic.
