Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

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Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
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AbbreviationWCCB
Motto"Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime"
Agency overview
Formed6 June 2007
EmployeesClassified
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyIndia
Operations jurisdictionIndia
Governing bodyGovernment of India
Operational structure
HeadquartersTrikoot-1 Building, 2nd Floor, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Tilotama Varma, Additional Director
Parent agencyMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Website
wccb.gov.in

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) is a statutory body established by the

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 prestigious 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

Earth Institute at Columbia University through the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System
Initiative.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Creation of WCCB". wccb.gov.in. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ Species Survival Network

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