The Singchung Bugun Village Community Reserve Management Committee (SBVCR) of Arunachal Pradesh was awarded the India Biodiversity Award, 2018.
- It was awarded on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University in Hyderabad.
- The SBVCR is an NGO which was awarded the “Conservation of wildlife species” category.
- The SBVCR not only works towards protecting the environment but also provides jobs to the local youth, by employing them.
- The award is joint initiative of the following-
- Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC),
- National Biodiversity Authority (NBA)
- United Nations Development programme (UNDP)
- The Government of India had initiated the India Biodiversity Awards in 2012, in partnership with UNDP India.
- The basic idea behind these awards was to recognize and honour outstanding models of biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and governance at the grassroots level.
