A 45-year-old woman from this coastal town in Ramanthapuram district, a professional sea algae harvester, has won the Seascology Prize for the best women leader in protecting and conserving marine lives and resources.
Lakshmi would travel to California on October nine to received the award, National Fishermen's Federation said in a press release here today.
The Seacology, an environment non-profit organisation based in the USA, had selected Lakshmi for this year's award for her contribution in conserving the marine resources and cultural traditions of Chinnapalam, a small coastal hamlet here.
She is the first Indian woman and community leader to win the award, consisiting of USD 10,000 and a trophy.
Lakshmi is heading the Gulf of Mannar seaweed collect women forum, the women's wing of the Ramanathapuram district fish workers trade union, which proposed her name for the award in coordination with Vembar based People's Action for Development and International Collective in Support of Fish Workers.
