Brochure on items of work handled in various Divisions and Sections of Ministry of Environment and Forests

 

June 2003

 

XXXI    51      WILDLIFE DIVISION (WL)

 

a)                 Indian Board for Wildlife and National Wildlife Action Plan

b)                 State Wildlife Advisory Boards

c)                  Wildlife (Protection) Act and other Legislative work

d)                 Prevention of Illegal trade in Wildlife

e)                 Export – Import Policy, relating to Wildlife

f)                    CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species)of Wild Fauna and Flora.

g)                 Co-ordination of Chief Wildlife Warden meetings

h)                 Cases of poaching and hunting of wildlife

i)                    Management of National Parks and Sanctuaries

j)                    Budget, audit, co-ordination with PC Division

k)                  Wildlife week

l)                    Wildlife Institute of India (WII)

m)               Wildlife Research.

n)                 Bio-geographic report.

o)                 International Cooperation/wildlife matters

p)                 Conservation and census of Rhino.

q)                 Administrative matters of National Zoological Park, New Delhi ,

r)                    Activities of National Zoological Park including Budget/financial matters.

s)                  Exchange of animals

t)                    Awareness programme & workshop on conservation of wildlife

u)                 Management  of National Parks and Sanctuaries Centrally Sponsored  Scheme (CSS)

v)                  Regional Offices of Deputy . Director (Wildlife Preservation)

w)                International Whaling Commission (IWC)

x)                  Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

y)                  Scrutiny of proposals for filming of Wildlife.

z)                  Wildlife Tourism

aa)             Strengthening of Wildlife Division of consultancies for special tasks

bb)             Survey and Census of Wildlife Animals (Except Tiger, Rhino and Elephant)

cc)              Experiment on release of Siberian Cranes in Keoladeo Ghana National Park (KDG NP), Bharatpur.

dd)             Inter-Departmental co-ordination with Army, BSF Coast Guards, Revenue Intelligence Customs, Botanical  Survey of India (BSI), Zoological Survey of India ( ZSI) & State and Central Police Organisations.

ee)             Kailash Sankhla Wildlife Fellowship Award for research work on mammals

ff)                  Dr. Salim Ali Wildlife Fellowship Award for research work on avian fauna.

gg)             Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award.

hh)             Amrita  Devi Bishnoi Wildlife  Protection Award.

ii)                  Technical inputs to various Divisions on World Heritage Site, Biosphere Reserves Wetlands, International Union for Conservation of Natural and Natural Resources (  IUCN),   Forest Conservation Act(FC) Act- related to wildlife protected areas and species.

jj)                  World Heritage Convention (WHC) relating to:

(i)                 Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Rajasthan

(ii)               Nanda Devi National Park, UP

(iii)             Sunderbans National Park, WB

(iv)             Manas National Park, Assam

(v)               Kaziranga National Park, Assam

 

kk)              Matters relating to ‘ENVIROSCAN’ being brought out by Central Economic Intelligence Bureau.

ll)                  National and Man made Heritage

mm)         Release of grant to Central Zoo Authority

nn)             Administrative matters of Central Zoo Authority

oo)             Grants-in-aid to Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling

pp)             Matters relating to ‘ENVIROSCAN’ being brought out by Central Economic Intelligence Bureau.

qq)             Natural and Man-made Heritage.