WTI organises multi-agency workshop on wildlife protection
PILIBHIT: A multi-agency workshop on the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022, was organised by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in Lakhimpur on Sunday.
The event, held under the initiative 'Strengthening India's Wildlife Crime Prevention and Law Enforcement Measures along the Indo-Nepal Border' and supported by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), brought together judicial officers, forest officials, and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel.
The workshop underscored the need for stronger collaboration in curbing wildlife crimes.
The event featured two technical sessions. In the first, WTI CEO Jose Louies highlighted organised transnational trafficking networks and pointed to 62 convictions secured in the Terai Landscape with the help of WTI legal consultants. He raised concern over a renewed surge in tiger trade and offered a detailed overview of India's illegal wildlife trade (IWT), particularly the illegal pet trade and its ecological impact.
He urged enforcement agencies to prioritise the issue.
The second session, led by Delhi high court advocate Lovish Sharma, focused on recent amendments to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, including the integration of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). He called the move a 'landmark change', noting that it now offers protection to over 40,000 species globally.
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H Rajamohan, field director of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, lauded the high conviction rate in wildlife crime cases in the region and emphasised the importance of maintaining that record. He recommended organising workshops at the sub-divisional level to raise awareness among local communities.
ADJ of Lakhimpur, Virender Kumar Pandey, called for greater awareness of the 1972 Act and its 2022 amendments, especially among those living near forest areas.
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