Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Khurshida Begum received for the first ever Wangari Maathai Award-2012 for her pioneering role in co-management in wildlife conservation of forest resources at a village in the south-eastern Cox's Bazar district, Environment and Forest Minister Hassan Mahmud said.
"She has been selected for the Wangari Maathai Award-2012 in Rome last month for her co-management efforts and leadership in wildlife conservation of forest resources in the area," the minister said while addressing a press conference at his ministry conference room in Dhaka on Sunday.
The conference was arranged to congratulate Khurshida Begum, from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar. She started her natural resource conservation activities, during the inception of Nishorgo Network, through forming a female Community Patrol Group (CPG) with 28 members at a village in Teknaf under Cox's Bazar.
Khurshida started her natural resource conservation activities, during the inception of Nishorgo Network, through forming a female Community Patrol Group (CPG) with 28 her pioneering role in co-management in wildlife conservation of forest resources at a village in the south-eastern corner of the country.
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