{"id":98985,"date":"2021-04-02T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=98985"},"modified":"2021-04-02T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T11:56:10","slug":"government-congratulated-international-ranger-award-winner-from-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-congratulated-international-ranger-award-winner-from-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Government congratulated &#8220;International Ranger Award&#8221; winner from India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Mahinder Giri, a range officer from Rajaji <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tiger-reserves-in-india\/\">Tiger Reserve<\/a> won the prestigious International Ranger Award . He is the only ranger from Asia to win this award. Recently, Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change congratulated the range officer for his achievement.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>About the International Ranger Award:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The International Ranger Award <\/strong>was created in 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organized by<\/strong>: The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas(WCPA) in collaboration with the International Ranger Federation, Global Wildlife Conservation, and Conservation Allies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim: <\/strong>The award aims to highlight and felicitate the extraordinary work of rangers in protected and conserved areas worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About World Commission on Protected Areas(WCPA):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The World Commission on Protected Areas(WCPA)<\/strong> is one of the commissions of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature(IUCN).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administered by: <\/strong>IUCN&#8217;s Global Programme on Protected Areas. It has over 2,500 members, spanning 140 countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions: <\/strong>WCPA works by helping governments and others to plan\n<ul>\n<li>Protected areas and integrate them into all sectors<\/li>\n<li>Providing strategic advice to policymakers<\/li>\n<li>Strengthening capacity and investment in protected areas and<\/li>\n<li>Convening the diverse constituency of protected area stakeholders to address challenging issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: Gland, Switzerland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About International Ranger Federation(IRF)<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Founded in:<\/strong> 1992 in Peak National Park in the UK.<\/li>\n<li>It aims to actively promote and support the formation of Ranger Associations around the world. Also, it ensures the Rangers are adequately supported and represented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Conservation Allies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conservation Allies partners with NGOs working on biodiversity conservation around the globe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About Global Wildlife Conservation<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Global Wildlife Conservation is a Wildlife Conservation charity. It is located in Texas, United States.<\/li>\n<li>The organization conserves the diversity of life on Earth by protecting and restoring wildlife and habitat. It conducts its operations in more than 50 countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=Prakash-Javadekar-congratulates-Mahinder-Giri-for-winning-International-Ranger-Award&amp;id=413008\"><strong>AIR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Mahinder Giri, a range officer from Rajaji Tiger Reserve won the prestigious International Ranger Award . He is the only ranger from Asia to win this award. Recently, Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change congratulated the range officer for his achievement. About the International Ranger Award: The International Ranger Award&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-congratulated-international-ranger-award-winner-from-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Government congratulated &#8220;International Ranger Award&#8221; winner from India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[1448],"class_list":["post-98985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-env_5","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700527060},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98985","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\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}