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{{Infobox law enforcement agency<br />
| agencyname = Wildlife Crime Control Bureau<br />
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| abbreviation = WCCB<br />
| logo = Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.png<br />
| motto = "Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime"<br />
| formed = 2006<br />
| headquarters = Trikoot-1 Building, 2nd Floor, Bhikaji Cama Place, [[New Delhi]]-110066<br />
| employees = Classified<br />
| budget = <br />
| country = India<br />
| national = Yes<br />
| federal = <br />
| map = <br />
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| legaljuris = <br />
| governingbody = Government of India<br />
| electeetype = Minister<br />
| minister1name = [[Bhupendra Yadav]]<br />
| minister1pfo = [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]<br />
| chief1name = Tilotama Varma<br />
| chief1position = Additional Director<br />
| parentagency = [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]<br />
| officetype = Regional<br />
| website = {{url|http://wccb.gov.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Wildlife Crime Control Bureau''' ('''WCCB''') is a statutory body established by the [[Government of India]] under the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] to combat organised [[wildlife crime]]. The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2006 provisions came in to force on 4 September 2006. It became operational in the year 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Creation of WCCB |url=http://wccb.gov.in/Content/Creationofwccb.aspx |website=wccb.gov.in |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>[http://www.ssn.org/aboutus_awards_2010_EN.htm Species Survival Network]</ref> UNEP has also awarded WCCB with Asia Environment Enforcement Award, 2018.<br />
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WCCB is also partnering with [[United Nations University]] and [[CIESIN]]-[[Earth Institute]] at [[Columbia University]] through the [[Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System]] Initiative.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Hunting license]]<br />
*[[List of endangered animals in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official|http://wccb.gov.in/}}<br />
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{{Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (India)}}<br />
{{Law enforcement in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Specialist law enforcement agencies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife conservation in India]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife smuggling]]<br />
[[Category:Crime prevention]]<br />
[[Category:Indian intelligence agencies]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]<br />
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