Source: UN News: Saturday, 23 August 2025 00:01 am
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has announced ten winners of the 2025 Equator Award, as part of the Equator Initiative. All the initiatives selected for this award prove that when the solutions are based on local communities and tribal knowledge, then nature not only flourishes but also human communities. This prestigious awards honor those tribal communities and local groups around the world, which are carrying forward climate tolerance and sustainable development through nature-based solutions. In the dry areas of Karnataka state of Indian winner India, farming is constantly being unstable due to climate change, in such a situation, a collective group of women is changing the situation there. This initiative of his tolerance has been appreciated globally. Bibifatima self-help group UNDP The Equator Award has been included in the 10 winners of 2025. In 2018, this organization started with a small savings group of 15 women of Tirtha village, today has become a support of more than 5 thousand farmers of 30 villages. The organization promotes multi-pimples, solar energy-powered processing units and seed banks that preserve more than 250 country! This group is pursuing climate tolerance and social justice by combining traditional knowledge with regenerative agriculture, renewable energy and access to the market, restoring biodiversity, strengthening food security and by making women and youth “agricultural enthusiasts”. © UNDP/Jagadish Mandya, its decentralized and expandable model has now been adopted in many Indian regions. This strengthens dry land farming systems by solving environmental and socio-economic challenges. 9 August, the theme of this year’s award declared on the International Day of Tribal Tribes was the theme of this year’s award-Nature for Climate Action. It especially emphasized the solutions led by women and youth. This recognition is also special for India because the grains of the Millets family were sometimes ignored by calling the grain, sometimes “coarse grains”, but these grains are now known as climate-skilled superfood. Millets grains, after the United Nations declared 2023 as the International Millets Year, became the center of global attention. The Equitter Award 2025 winners © UNDP Argentina – Cooperate This cooperative organization of 2,600 women, through the Matriarca brand, transforms traditional crafts into global sustainable products, protects biodiversity, strengthens climate tolerance and promotes female-dominated governance. (Associação usei dos indígenas de oiopoque) This organization, established in 2022, adds four tribal communities and pursues a bio-economy based on AKA fruit and provides economic freedom, ensure the ecosystem and ensure the ecosystem. UNDP Ecuador-Hakhu Amazon Foundation Hakhu Amazon Institute, led by tribal youth and women, protects the rights of Amazon and local communities, through advocate, anti-colonial education and ground media, while protecting the women’s regional guard ‘land and life. The enterprise provides sustainable livelihood to women, UNDP Indonesia – Mitra Bumma (Yayasan Menocen Indonesia Sejahtera Bumi Semesta) This initiative protects one lakh hectare rainfall in the fanfare region and adds more than 3 thousand people, and more than 3 thousand people, and have more than 3 thousand people. Strengthens in ecological protection. Indonesia-Ranu Welum Foundation has organized more than 1,000 youths, protecting 3 thousand hectares Is. This organization has protected 1,500 hectares of coral reefs by training more than 50 women, Undp Papua New Guinea – SEA Women of Melanesia. Puno (Cuyocuyo Terrace, Puno) The first official agricultural-caste diversity area of Peru, 6,500 hectares of ancient steps and 1,281 native crop colors, operated by six Quhua communities. Tanzania) This young-laid organization established in 2020 has restored 100 hectares of segrass, has imposed 20 thousand mangroves and has trained more than 130 youths. Has gone. Each winner will be awarded 10 thousand US dollars and will be honored at a high-level online ceremony at the end of the year. He will also get an opportunity to present his work on global forums like COP30 Conference to be held in the UN General Assembly and Brazil’s Bellle city.