Profile
Settings
Refer your friends
Sign out
Why in news?
Alok Shukla gets the prize for successfully leading a community campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of biodiversity-rich forests from planned coal mines in Hasdeo Aranya forests, Chhattisgarh.
About the Prize:
- It is also called Green Nobel.
- It recognizes grassroots environmental heroes and activists.
- Given by Goldman Environmental Foundation.
About Hasdeo Aranya Forest:
- They form one of India’s most extensive contiguous forest tracts.
- They are also home to 25 endangered species, bird species, and rare and medicinal plant species.
- Nearly 15,000 tribals like Gond, Oraon depend on the Hasdeo Aranya forests for their livelihood, cultural identity and sustenance.
- It contains one of India’s largest coal reserves, around five billion tons of coal.
