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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