Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
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| Wildlife Crime Control Bureau | |
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| Abbreviation | WCCB |
| Motto | "Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 6 June 2007 |
| Employees | Classified |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | India |
| Operations jurisdiction | India |
| Governing body | Government of India |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Trikoot-1 Building, 2nd Floor, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066 |
| Minister responsible | |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| Website | |
| wccb | |
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) is a statutory body established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to combat organised wildlife crime. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006 provisions came in to force on 6 June 2007. It became operational in the year 2008.[1]
WCCB won the 2010 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards for its outstanding work on wildlife law enforcement in the country, which was received by Ramesh K Pandey, Deputy Director, on behalf of WCCB.[2] UNEP has also awarded WCCB with Asia Environment Enforcement Award, 2018.
WCCB is also partnering with United Nations University and CIESIN-Earth Institute at Columbia University through the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System Initiative.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Creation of WCCB". wccb.gov.in. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Species Survival Network
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