# National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1989, at 37th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.

## Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends :
| † | Awarded as Best Scientific Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film |
| ‡ | Awarded as Best Agricultural Film / Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film |
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1989 (37th) | The Deer on the Lake | English | Aribam Syam Sharma | Aribam Syam Sharma |
| 1990 (38th) | Pratikriya | Desiya | Rahat Yusufi | Rahat Yusufi |
| 1991 (39th) | Mudialy Ekti Bikalpa Pantha (The Mudialy Alternative) | English | Dilip Kumar Roy | Samiran Dutta |
| 1992 (40th) | Ladhakh: The Forbidden Wilderness | English | Bedi Films | Naresh Bedi |
| 1993 (41st) | Orchids of Manipur | Manipuri | Sh. Tomchou Singh | Aribam Syam Sharma |
| 1994 (42nd) | Visuddha Vanangal | Malayalam | Kerala State Film Development Corporation | K. R. Mohanan |
| 1995 (43rd) | Amrit Beeja | • English • Kannada | Meera Dewan | Meera Dewan |
| 1996 (44th) | Rabia Chalikkunnu | Malayalam | Abraham Benhur | Ali Akbar |
| 1997 (45th) | Nature's Sentinels: Bishnoi | Hindi | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | • Late P. C. Sharma • Shankar Patnaik |
| 1998 (46th) | Willing To Sacrifice | English | Dayakar Rao | B. V. Rao |
| 1999 (47th) | And The Bamboo Blooms | English | Films Division | Joshy Joseph |
| 2000 (48th) | The Nest | Bengali | Sparsh Productions | Supriyo Sen |
| 2001 (49th) | The Holy Ganga | Hindi | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | Viplove Bhatia |
| 2002 (50th) | Urumattram | Tamil | • B.Sivakumar • G. Meenakshi Sundaram | B.Sivakumar |
| 2003 (51st) | The 18 Elephant: Three Monologues† | Malayalam | Savithri Divakaran | P. Balan |
| 2004 (52nd) | Timeless Traveller-The Horseshoe Crab† | English | Riverbank Studios | Gautam Pandey |
| 2005 (53rd) | Under This Sun† | Bengali | Nilanjan Bhattacharya | Nilanjan Bhattacharya |
| 2006 (54th) | Kalpavriksha: Legacy Of Forests† | English | Mike Pandey | Nina Subramani |
| 2007 (55th) | Bhanga Ghara | Bengali | FTII | Nilanjan Datta |
| 2008 (56th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2009 (57th) | In For Motion‡ | English | Amlan Dutta | Anirban Dutta |
| 2010 (58th) | Iron is Hot | English | Meghnath Bhattacharjee | • Biju Toppo • Meghnath Bhattacharjee |
| 2011 (59th) | Tiger Dynasty | English | S. Nallamuthu | S. Nallamuthu |
| 2012 (60th) | Timbaktu‡ | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust | • Rintu Thomas • Sushmit Ghosh |
| 2013 (61st) | Foresting Life‡ | • Hindi • Assamese | Humanity Watchdog Foundation | Aarti Shrivastava |
| 2014 (62nd) | I Cannot Give You My Forest‡ | English | Top Quark Films Pvt. Ltd. | • Nandan Saxena • Kavita Bahl |
| 2015 (63rd) | The Man Who Dwarfed The Mountains‡ | English | • Rajiv Mehrotra • PSBT | • Ruchi Shrivastava • Sumit Sunderlal Khanna |
| 2015 (63rd) | God On The Edge‡ | • Hindi • English | Elements Picture Studio | Ashok Patel |
| 2016 (64th) | The Tiger Who Crossed The Line‡ | English | Krishnendu Bose | Krishnendu Bose |
| 2017 (65th) | The Pangti Story‡ | Naga | Rajiv Mehrotra | Sesino Yhoshü |
| 2018 (66th) | The World's Most Famous Tiger | | Natural History Unit India | S. Nallamuthu |
| 2019 (67th) | The Stork Saviours | Hindi | • Rajiv Mehrotra • PSBT | • Ajay Bedi • Vijay Bedi |
| 2020 (68th) | Manah Aru Manuh (Manas and People) | Assamese | Directorate, Manas National Park and Aaranyak | Dip Bhuyan |
| 2021 (69th) | Munnam Valavu‡ | Malayalam | Sree Gokulam Movies | R S Pradeep |