The Harry Meisel Award

• Bibhab Kumar Talukdar of Assam received ‘The Harry Messel Award’ for Conservation Leadership by the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

• He received the award during the ongoing 5th IUCN SSC Leaders Meeting in Abu Dhabi.

• The meeting is attended by 300 conservation experts to address the interlinked crises of biodiversity and climate change.