Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation (PTCF) has won the Earth Guardian Award for its efforts in supporting the conservation of tigers and biodiversity.
- The Earth Guardian Award was instituted by NatWest Group India (formerly RBS India) at the 11th edition of the NatWest Group Earth Heroes Awards.
- Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation, located in the Western Ghats, is one of the premier tiger reserves of India and is endowed by nature in terms of species, habitat, and ecosystem diversity, characterised by functional human-ecological affinities.
- Parambikulam has one of the highest densities of Gaur population in Southern India. The only South Indian wild goat, the Nilgiri Tahr is also found on the high-altitude rocky hills and grasslands in the Tiger Reserve.
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