Current Affairs Section
‘UNDP Equator Initiative Award’ for Bibi Fatima SHG of Teertha village
- A self-help group (SHG) from a small village in Kundgol taluk of Dharwad district has bagged the ‘Equator Initiative Award’ given by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which is also referred to as the Nobel Prize for Biodiversity Conservation.
- The Bibi Fatima Women’s Self-Help Group is one among the 10 winners of the Equator Prize 2025.
- The awards were announced on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and are presented annually to honour nature-based solutions led by indigenous people and local communities
Category: Awards