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CBI official moots multi-pronged strategy involving locals for prevention
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Deterring burgeoning wildlife crimes that are posing a grave threat to the precious wildlife in the country, as well as many other parts of the globe, has thrown up multi-dimensional challenges to wildlife crime prevention agencies as well as overall conservation efforts because of the in
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DRI seizes leopard skins and bones, arrests one trafficker
Updated : 9 months ago IST
In a continued effort to combat wildlife crimes, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) executed an operation on June 16, successfully obstructing the trafficking of leopard parts.
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BSF at Indo-Bangladesh border sensitised about human-elephant conflict, wi
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A sensitisation workshop on 'Wildlife Crimes and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972' for Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed along the India-Bangladesh border was organised by the Department of Forests and Environment, Office of the Divisional Forest Officer, East & West Garo Hill
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Village-level community surveillance launched to prevent wildlife crimes i
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In a pioneering effort, the region's premier biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak, has formed Community Surveillance and Monitoring Teams (CSMT) in some villages in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur as part of an initiative to elicit proactive community cooperation in monitoring and
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Border Police officials sensitised on Rhino conservation, wildlife crimes
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The event took place at the Rangia Sectoral Headquarter of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), where experts discussed the ongoing trend of wildlife crimes and how border police can play a crucial role in deterring them.
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Assam: Aaranyak holds collaborative workshops on wildlife crime prevention
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Aaranyak’s official Sanjib Kumar Bezbaruah played a key role in organising these two workshops as part of the organisation's sustained efforts to facilitate coordinated actions among various agencies in the prevention of wildlife crimes.
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Workshops held to control wildlife crimes in Arunachal Pradesh
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak as part of its sustained effort to deter wildlife crime at the grassroot level has facilitated two back-to-back workshops in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh under its initiative DETERS (Disrupt and End Trade of Endangered and R
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Meghalaya Police organises workshop on wildlife conservation, focuses on r
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The role of the common masses in the conservation of biodiversity through the prevention of wildlife crime and the efficacy of laws pertaining to wildlife crimes were flagged in the workshop that was organised by Meghalaya Police in Tura on Monday in association with Aaranyak.
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Massive awareness drive required to bust myths about wildlife parts: Gauha
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Judges laid special emphasis on putting up a concerted effort to launch a massive awareness campaign to bust the myth about wildlife parts so that the demand for these items come down drastically which in turn will result in a reduction of wildlife crimes like hunting and illegal trade.
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Assam: K9 dog squad helps forest officials track Rhino poachers
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 20 (ANI): An especially trained dog squad, deployed in the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of Assam, has been tracking those involved in Rhino poaching activities.
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