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  • 21 February, 2021

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WCCB wins Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020

WCCB wins Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020

  • The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has received the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020.
  • It is awarded by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
  • WCCB got the award twice in three years.
  • It has been awarded this year under the Innovation category.

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

  • It is a statutory body constituted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
  • Ministry: Ministry of Environment and Forests.
  • Mandate: To combat organized wildlife crime in the country.
  • Headquarters: New Delhi
  • WCCB has developed an online Wildlife Crime Database Management System to get real-time data to analyse trends in wildlife crimes across India.
  • This system has been successfully used for carrying out operations such as Operation Save Kurma, Thunderbird, Wildnet, Lucknow, Birbal, Thunderstorm, Lucknow-II etc resulting in huge seizures of Tiger/Leopard Skin/bones, Rhino Horn, Elephant Ivory etc.

Source: PIB


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