Kerala launched HAWK (Hostile Activity Watch Kernel) as India’s first judiciary-integrated digital system for wildlife offence management.
HAWK links forest offence records with the District Court Management System through an Application Programming Interface (API).
It tracks the complete lifecycle of wildlife crime cases, from the Preliminary Offence Report to court verdicts.
The system creates a centralised database and reduces the need for physical paperwork.
It provides dashboards for forest officials to monitor case pendency, investigations, and crime patterns.
HAWK also serves as an ecological intelligence platform by analysing data on wildlife mortality, illegal weapon seizures, vehicles involved, and repeat offenders.