The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners announced today, the winners of the Equator Prize 2017, recognizing 15 local and indigenous communities from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The winning organizations, which showcase innovative solutions for tackling
poverty, environment, and climate challenges, will be honoured at a celebratory gala in New York on 17 September 2017.
Equator Prize winners will each receive US$10,000 and the opportunity for a community representative to join a week-long summit in New York during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly. They will be celebrated at the Equator Prize Award Ceremony on 17 September 2017 featuring celebrities, government and UN officials, civil society, and the media. The winners will join a network of 223 communities from 72 countries which have received the Equator Prize since its inception in 2002.
BWCDO is working to tackle acute human-snow leopard conflicts in northern Pakistan, BWCDO works in 17 villages to protect Baltistan’s snow leopards through insurance schemes and financial compensation against livestock losses following snow leopard attacks.
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