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Find sources: "Wildlife Crime Control Bureau" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Abbreviation| WCCB Motto| "Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime" Agency overview Formed| 6 June 2007 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 6 June 2007. It became operational in the year 2008.[1] 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.[2] 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[edit] * Hunting license * List of endangered animals in India ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Creation of WCCB". wccb.gov.in. 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