New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Wednesday named IAS officer Supriya Sahu as one of this year’s ‘Champions of the Earth’, the United Nations’ highest environmental honour.

Sahu, additional chief secretary in the Tamil Nadu government’s environment department, has been selected in the “Inspiration and Action" category for her “pioneering and long-standing work" on major environmental challenges in India. She will receive the award on Wednesday an event in Nairobi.

Throughout her 30-year career as a public servant, Sahu has worked closely on India’s biodiversity, while also witnessing first-hand the severe damage caused by irresponsible human behaviour.

“I saw animals eating plastic garbage and I realised that our planet is choking. That experience became tra

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