Nagaland Conservationist Gets Green Oscar

• 18 May 2021

• Y Nuklu Phom, an environmentalist from Nagaland’s remote Longleng district has won Whitley Awards 2021, also known as the Green Oscar.
• Nuklu Phom’s name, along with that of five others, was announced in a virtual award ceremony organised by the UK-based Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN).
• The award recognises Phom’s efforts at establishing a new biodiversity peace corridor changing the fate of Amur Falcons, which come to roost in Nagaland each year, from being hunted by locals.
• Nuklu and his team offer alternatives that engages communities in conservation using the Amur falcon as a flagship.