Question: Recently Bibhuti Lahkar has become the first Asian to be awarded the prestigious Heritage Heroes Award by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He is related to which of the following National Park?
(a) Manas National Park
(b) Nanda Devi National Park
(c) Kanha National Park
(d) Satpura National Park
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- Assam-based ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has won the prestigious Heritage Heroes Award on 3 September 2016.
- He has become the first Asian to be awarded the prestigious Heritage Heroes Award.
- Bibhuti started working in the site in 1999 as part of his PhD, focusing on the management of grasslands of Manas.
- He singlehandedly motivated about 100 youths to learn the basics of wildlife monitoring and act as tour guides.
- The award was given by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Reference:
https://www.iucn.org/news/meet-heritage-hero-voted-public-%E2%80%93-bibhuti-lahkar
https://www.iucn.org/theme/world-heritage/our-work/more-projects/bibhuti-lahkar