Kannan C S Warrior was awarded for releasing three productive clones of casuarina, known as kattadi and savukku. The clones were found suitable for salt-affected soils for the first time in the country. It should be noted that around 6.73 million hectares are salt-affected land in India.

Warrior has 27 years of forestry research experience and has published 232 research articles. The clones are expected to boost ICFRE’s agro forestry initiatives.

Warrior holds a doctoral degree in forest genetics. He is a first rank holder in BSc and MSc forestry at Kerala Agricultural University

• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE): ICFRE functions under the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
• The autonomous organization was established in 1986. It is headquartered in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• It conducts research in forestry, transfers the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies. It also aims to impart forestry education.

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• Indian-American soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal has won the prestigious 2020 World Food Prize, which is considered to be equivalent to a Nobel Prize in the field of agriculture.
• The award recognised his contribution to increasing the global food supply by helping small farmers improve the health of the soil. The award also highlights the importance of managing & restoring soil health

• Dr.Rattan Lal: Dr.Rattan Lal was awarded for his role in developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increase food production that restores and conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.
• . Lal is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University. World Food Prize: World Food Prize was first awarded in 1987.

• The award is presented by the World Food Prize Foundation, with various sponsor companies. The award recognises contributions that are made in the various field involved in the world food supply including Animal Science/Aqua Culture, Food Technology/Food Safety, Nutrition/Health, Plant Science/Seed Science, Plant Pathology/Crop Protection, Soil Science/Water/Conservation,  Policy/Research/Extension, Infrastructure/Emergency Relief, and Poverty and Hunger Alleviation.
• The first awardee of the award is an Indian agricultural scientist Dr. M S Swaminathan, who is the father of the Green Revolution in India.

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• Padma Shri Jadav Payeng will be conferred with the Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award on 29 February in New Delhi at a function instituted by My Home India.
• He was awarded the 6th Karmayogi Award for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation.

•  The award is composed of a trophy, a recitation and a reward of Rs 1 lakh. Jadav Payeng: Jadav Payeng is famously known as the Forest Man of India.
• Padma Shri Jadav Payeng is an environmental activist and forest worker from Jorhat.

• In the past several years, he has planted and tended trees on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra turning it into a forest reserve.

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• Swami Vivekananda Smriti Karmayogi Award is organized by My Home India in New Delhi.

• The award was conferred for the first time in 2013.

• Karmayogi Award is presented to great personalities from North-Eastern India who dedicate their lives to Nation and promote Nationalism through art & culture, sports, education, etc. for their contribution to respective fields.

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• Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev won the 2020 Tyler Prize.

• He won the Nobel Prize for the environment for his groundbreaking green economy work. He was acknowledged for his work on bringing the economic consequences of environmental degradation and loss to the attention of corporate and political decision-makers.

• Assam’s Dibrugarh district won the Plastic Waste Management Award 2020.
• It was awarded for being the best district of India in the plastic waste management category during Swachhta Hi Sewa 2019.

• The award was received by Pallav Gopal Jha, Deputy Commissioner from renowned Bollywood actor Amir Khan at a function held at Pride Plaza, Aerocity in Delhi.

• The award recognises the innovative and effective efforts taken by the district in managing plastic waste in rural areas of the district.
• The function was organised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation of the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

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• Swachhta hi Seva 2019 is a nationwide awareness and mobilisation campaign on Swachhta.

• It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mathura on 11 September 2019.
• Under the campaign, massive awareness and mobilisation programs were organised in the Dibrugarh district.

• The campaign was aimed to generate awareness on single-use plastic waste collection, segregation and effective disposal under the Swachh Bharat Mission-G (SBM).

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• The United Nations Environment Programme recently named seven dynamic Environmentalists as its Young Champions of the Earth.

• The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of thirty. These entrepreneurs should have bold ideas for sustainable environmental change. The winners of the award receive mentoring, seed funding, communications support to amplify their efforts.
• The Young Champions award aims to inspire more young people to get closer to the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26, that is to be held in Glasgow in November 2021) and the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (to be held in Kunming in May 2021.

• Vidyut Mohan of India- He is the co-founder of Takachar. He has built affordable and portable biomass upgrading equipment. It allows farmers to prevent open burning by converting crop to fuels, activated carbon and fertilizers.

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