Question : Who has been awarded the 16thBehler turtle conservation award?
(a) Edward O. Moll
(b) Shailendra Singh
(c) Shi Haitao
(d) James Juvik
Answer : (b)
Related Facts:
- Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award 2021.
- He got award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction.
- Behler Turtle Conservation Award was established in 2006.
- It is a major annual international award honouring excellence in the field of tortoise and freshwater turtle conservation and biology.
- This award is also known as the “Nobel Prize” of Turtle Conservation.
- The award is co-presented by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA), the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (TFTSG), the Turtle Conservancy (TC), and the Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF).
- In 2006, Behler turtle conservation award was awarded for the very 1st time to Edward O. Moll.
- This award honors and commemorates the memory and legacy of John L. Behler.
BY: AMIT GUPTA