{"id":362013,"date":"2026-05-02T14:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362013"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:48:20","slug":"2026-whitley-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/2026-whitley-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Whitley Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian conservationists, Barkha Subba and Parveen Shaikh have won the prestigious 2026 Whitley Awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About 2026 Whitley Awards<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.tildacdn.com\/tild3363-3532-4065-b732-356133316565\/680e29122f144815f2df.jpg?resize=374%2C249&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2026 Whitley Awards \" width=\"374\" height=\"249\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Whitley Awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whitley Award is awarded <\/span><b>to those achieving exceptional success in grassroots, community-led protection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of threatened species and habitats. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as the<\/span><b> &#8216;Green Oscars&#8217;.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides winners with <\/span><b>funding, profile, and international support to scale up community-led projects.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Established in:<\/strong> It was<\/span><b> established in 1993.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Frequency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is conferred <strong>annually.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Conferred by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is conferred by<\/span><b> the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 a fundraising and grant-giving nature conservation charity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Selection Process: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, <\/span><b>winners are selected through a competitive global search, with applications reviewed by an expert judging panel.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Prizes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Recipients<\/span><b> receive 50,000 Pounds in project funding over one year, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with <\/span><b>valuable recognition and training opportunities.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>About Whitley Awards 2026:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s Whitley Awards honour<\/span><b> six grassroots conservationists from South Asia, South America, and Africa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">protecting a<\/span><b> range of wildlife and habitats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Winners from India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The award includes<\/span><b> two Indians among the six winners.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Scientist Parveen Shaikh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been awarded for her efforts to protect the endangered <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-skimmer\/\"><b>Indian skimmer<\/b> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along India\u2019s rivers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other winner from India is<\/span><b> Barkha Subba,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who is leading the<\/span><b> first grassroots movement to protect the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/himalayan-salamander\/\"><b>Himalayan salamander<\/b> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>its fragile wetland habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Darjeeling Himalaya, West Bengal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other winners are<\/span><b> Issah Seidu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Ghana,<\/span><b> Marina Kameni<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Cameroon,<\/span><b> Moreangels Mbiza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Zimbabwe and <\/span><b>Paola Sangolqu\u00ed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Ecuador.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian conservationists, Barkha Subba and Parveen Shaikh have won the prestigious 2026 Whitley Awards.\u00a0 About 2026 Whitley Awards The Whitley Award is awarded to those achieving exceptional success in grassroots, community-led protection of threatened species and habitats. \u00a0 It is also known as the &#8216;Green Oscars&#8217;. It provides winners with funding, profile, and international&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/2026-whitley-awards\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2026 Whitley Awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,10595,12172],"class_list":["post-362013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-hindustan-times","tag-mongabay","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}