Indian conservationists win Whitley Awards for work on threatened wetland species

Indian conservationists Barkha Subba and Parveen Shaikh have won the prestigious Whitley Awards for their conservation work. Subba will lead a grassroots effort to secure the future of the Himalayan salamander in Darjeeling, while Shaikh's community-led initiative, "Guardians of the Skimmer," has increased nest survival of the endangered Indian skimmer on the Chambal river from 14% to 27%