Philippines community leader Nida Collado has been honoured with the prestigious Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2024.
- She was awarded for her commitment to forest conservation and community empowerment in the Philippines.
- The award was given to her by Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), an innovative, voluntary inter-agency partnership of 16 international organizations, institutions and secretariats with substantial programmes on forests.
- The Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award honours individuals for their pioneering efforts to promote community forest management, which includes indigenous communities and all forest users.
- Established by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests in 2012, the Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award recognizes outstanding individuals for their pioneering efforts in promoting community forest management involving indigenous communities and all forest users.
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