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The headquarters of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) is in:

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Answer: Option C — New Delhi

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The headquarters of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) is in New Delhi.

About the WCCB:

  • It was set up in June 2007 by the Government of India, through an amendment to the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (Section 38Y), as a statutory body.
  • It works under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

It was created to fight organised wildlife crime, such as poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products (for example, tiger skins and bones, rhino horns, elephant ivory, pangolin scales, star tortoises and corals).

It has regional offices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Jabalpur, sub-regional offices, and border units.

Its functions:

  • To collect and share intelligence about organised wildlife crime with state and other enforcement agencies.
  • To create a centralised wildlife crime database.
  • To coordinate action between different agencies, such as the police, customs and forest departments.
  • To help with the implementation of international conventions, such as CITES.
  • To train enforcement staff in investigating wildlife crimes.
  • To advise the government on wildlife crime issues.
  • It has conducted many operations against wildlife smuggling, with code names such as "Operation Save Kurma" (for turtles), "Operation Thunderbird" and "Operation Wildnet".
  • It has received the "Asia Environmental Enforcement Award" from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) several times.

Other wildlife and conservation bodies:

  • National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA): 2005, New Delhi.
  • Wildlife Institute of India (WII): 1982, Dehradun.
  • National Board for Wildlife (NBWL): chaired by the Prime Minister.
  • Central Zoo Authority (CZA): 1992, New Delhi.
  • TRAFFIC India: monitors wildlife trade (with WWF-India).
  • The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 reduced the number of schedules from six to four and added provisions to implement CITES.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Dehradun has the Wildlife Institute of India.
  • ✗Kolkata has a regional office of the WCCB and the Zoological Survey of India.
  • ✗Bhopal has the Indian Institute of Forest Management.

Quick tip

Remember: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau = New Delhi (statutory, 2007, under the Wild Life Act; MoEFCC; regional offices Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Jabalpur; UNEP awards); WII = Dehradun; NTCA = 2005.

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