Wayanad conservationist N. Badusha wins the Kamarudeen Foundation’s environment award
The award, with ₹25,000, a citation and a plaque, will be presented at Kariavattom in Thiruvananthapuram on 13 November.
N. Badusha, president of the Wayanad Prakruthi Samrakshana Samithi, has been chosen for the seventh environment award of the Dr. Kamarudeen Foundation for Biodiversity Conservation (KFBC), The Hindu reported.
Along with a plaque and a citation, the winner receives ₹25,000. It will be presented at a function at Kariavattom in Thiruvananthapuram on 13 November.
Mr. Badusha is known for his work to protect the forests, rivers and wildlife of Wayanad, the hill district in northern Kerala.
The foundation said this year’s award was meant for activists who have done outstanding work for biodiversity on their own, without government support or official resources. Mr. Badusha was chosen unanimously for 2026, its officials said.
The award is named after Kamarudeen, an environmentalist who was a Reader in the University of Kerala’s Department of Botany.
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