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

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under the

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to combat organised

wildlife crime Environmental crime is an illegal act which directly harms the environment. These illegal activities involve the environment, wildlife, biodiversity and natural resources. International bodies such as, G8, Interpol, European Union, United Nation ...

. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006 provisions came in to force on 6 June 2007. It became operational in the year 2008. 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.Species Survival Network
/ref> UNEP has also awarded WCCB with Asia Environment Enforcement Award, 2018. WCCB is also partnering with

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and CIESIN-

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through the

Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System The Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) Initiative, brainchild of environment policy researcher Remi Chandran, is an environmental governance project developed for assisting in monitoring the effectiveness of enforcement and complian ...

Initiative.

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* Specialist law enforcement agencies of India Wildlife conservation in India Wildlife smuggling Crime prevention Indian intelligence agencies 2008 establishments in Delhi Government agencies established in 2008 Organisations based in Delhi {{India-gov-stub

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