Forest Range Officer

Ramanathapuram forest range officer S Sathish has worked for over five years to mitigate poaching, saving the Olive Ridley Turtle, carrying out underwater plastic waste clean ups, and more to protect the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park in Tamil Nadu.

Instead of permitting the clearance of as many as 30 trees to expand the existing three-metre wide bridge, what Rao put forth to the R&B officials and the contractor was an alternate diversion plan which could save these trees from being felled.