Wildlife Service Award 2020: Rita Banerji

Wildlife filmmaker, conservationist, youth icon and mentor.
Loved and admired across the board, tousle-haired, straight talking Rita Banerji is a conservation filmmaker par excellence. Starting out as an apprentice under Mike Pandey, with whom she worked for a decade, Banerji struck out on her own to found Dusty Foot Productions. In 2010, their film ‘The Wildmeat Trail’ won a Green Oscar and set the foundation for a long-term association with conservation in Northeast India. Following the film’s success, Banerji established Under the Canopy, an environment education initiative developed by Payal Molur for rural children in the Northeast. In 2014, Banerji and Dusty Foot collaborated with the North East Network to set up Green Hub, a fellowship for youth from the northeastern states. Green Hub aims to engage and empower youth in conservation education, action, climate sustainability and social change through the visual medium; and create a digital resource bank for wildlife, environment and indigenous knowledge. Thus far, close to 100 young people have been trained at Green Hub, and the majority of them work with tribal communities on conservation issues. A fun-loving, passionate conservationist, Rita Banerji is an impactful agent of change, and sets the gold standard for wildlife filmmakers in India. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'Fair Use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research, Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing, Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
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