<span style="color: #222222;">Senior Indian Forest Service officer Ramesh Pandey has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme.<br />”<br />”The 1996-batch IFS officer, posted as Chief Conservator Forests in Lucknow and Secretary, UP State Bio-diversity Board, is known for his investigation and intelligence gathering on poachers. Pandey will receive the award on November 13 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. &nbsp;<br />”<br />”The citation said that the excellent work in combating trans-boundary environmental crime by Mr &nbsp;Panday has been recognised by the selection panel.<br />”<br />”The purpose of the Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards is to publicly recognise outstanding achievements by public organisations and individuals in Asia to combat transboundary environmental crime.&nbsp;</span><br />