Which award did Madhav Gadgil receive from UNEP in 2024?
- AThe Global 500 Roll of Honour
- BThe Sasakawa Environment Prize
- CChampions of the Earth, for lifetime achievement
- DThe Young Champions of the Earth award
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Correct answer: (c) Champions of the Earth, for lifetime achievement
Explanation
Gadgil received UNEP's Champions of the Earth (Lifetime Achievement) award in 2024, and also won the Tyler Prize (2015), the Volvo Environment Prize (2003) and the Padma Bhushan (2006). A tree species of Kerala, Elaeocarpus gadgilii, is named after Gadgil.