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WCCB wins Asia Environment Enforcement Awards
November 23 , 2018
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- The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has selected the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and its enforcement officer RS Sharath for 2018 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards.
- They were selected under organization and individual categories respectively for their outstanding contributions in combating the trans-boundary environmental crimes.
- The 2018 Awards will be given by the UNEP with
- UN Development Programme (UNDP),
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
- INTERPOL,
- USAID,
- Freeland Foundation, and Government of Sweden.
WCCB and its Background
- WCCB is a statutory multi-disciplinary body under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to combat organized wildlife crime in the country.
- It was established in June 2007 by amending the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972.
- This is the second time in row that WCCB is awarded by the UN Environment.
- Last year it was awarded for its efforts in conducting and coordinating species-specific wildlife enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation Save Kurma’.
- Operation Save Kurma aimed at combating proliferating illegal trade of live turtles and its parts.
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