Tag: UN Award

India bags UN award for combating transborder environmental crime

Tourism News live
November 24, 2018
Categories: India, News
Tags: animal poaching, endangered animals, Harsh Vardhan, illegal trade of animals, UN Award, UN Environmental Award, United Nation Environment, WCCB, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

WCCB members on an awareness programme on illegal trade of endangered animals United Nation Environment has awarded the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) of India’s ministry of environment, forest and climate change with the Asia Environment Enforcement Awards, 2018 for excellent work done by the bureau in combating transborder environmental crime. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, congratulated the Bureau for the achievement. “The Asia Environmental Enforcement Award recognizes the excellent work done by Government officials and teams from the team, who is diligently involved in combating transboundary environmental crime,” said the minister Illegal possession of ... Read more