Global Wildlife Programme Conference held in New Delhi
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Recently, the Global Wildlife Program (GWP) conference was organized in New Delhi. It was jointly organized by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), World Bank and United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The theme of the conference was "People's participation in wildlife conservation".
The Conference discussed the management of wildlife habitat, helped to achieve livelihood of sustainable communities, increase enforcement, monitor, reduce wildlife crimes, and reduce the risks associated with it. Along with this, India was given an opportunity to demonstrate its conservation efforts in and around the protected areas through joint forest management, environmental development committees, forest safety committee.
