Q.Which among the following awards instituted by the Government of India for individuals or communities from rural areas that have shown extraordinary courage and dedication in protecting Wildlife?

People's participation, especially by those living in or near forests, is described as vital to forest conservation -- a locally rooted practice called community forestry that varies widely across legal, political and cultural settings. Three real Indian case studies anchor this idea. The Bishnois of Rajasthan, long known as forest conservators, trace their conservation tradition to Amrita Devi, who in 1730 was killed along with more than 363 fellow Bishnois in Khejarli village while trying to stop Maharaja Abhay Singh's men from felling sacred Khejri trees -- commemorated as 'Black Tuesday' and honoured through the state-level Amrita Devi Bishnoi Smriti Award for wildlife protection and conservation. The Chipko movement, led by Sunderlal Bahuguna in the 1970s, saw participants hug trees to physically block contractors from felling them, resisting forest destruction across India. Jadav Payeng, the 'Forest Man of India', single-handedly planted 1,360 acres of forest on the Brahmaputra river island of Arunasapori over thirty-six years starting in 1979, creating habitat for Royal Bengal tigers, deer, wild boar, vultures and birds, and was honoured by Jawaharlal Nehru University (2012), President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and the Padma Shri award. The Indian Constitution itself stresses the importance of people's role in protecting their own environment.