Q. Which Indian has been recently awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement?
Answer:
Pavan Sukhdev
Notes: Renowned environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has been awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, for this year.
The award was instituted in 1973 and is otherwise known as the Nobel prize for environment. Pavan Sukhdev shares the prestigious award with another conservation biologist from the United States, Gretchen Daily. Sukhdev is only the third Indian in the last decade to receive this coveted award. His report on ‘The Economics of Environment and Biodiversity’ was the base for the Green Economy movement of UNEP.