Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
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Abbreviation	WCCB
Motto	"Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime"
Agency overview
Formed	2006
Employees	Classified
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	India
Operations jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Government of India
Operational structure
Headquarters	Trikoot-1 Building, 2nd Floor, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066
Minister responsible	Bhupendra Yadav, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Agency executive	Tilotama Varma, Additional Director
Parent agency	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Website
wccb.gov.in

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.

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. UNEP has also awarded WCCB with Asia Environment Enforcement Award, 2018.

WCCB is also partnering with United Nations University and CIESIN-Earth Institute at Columbia University through the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System Initiative.

See also

• Hunting license
• List of endangered animals in India

External links

• wccb.gov.in