Illegal Wildlife Products to be incinerated at National Zoological Park tomorrow (2nd November, 2014)

Shri Prakash Javadekar to be present on the occasion

Sustainable use of biodiversity is essential for the survival of mankind and is an imperative for sustainable development. Adhering to this perspective, as a step to encourage conservation of wildlife, Central Zoo Authority under the aegis of Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change will be destroying illegal wildlife articles tomorrow (2nd November,2014) at National Zoological Park.Highlighting the importance of protection of biodiversity, particularly wildlife, illegal wildlife products will be consigned to flames in the incinerator at the National Zoological Park in the presence of the Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change. Unethical and unjustified use of products of various animals and plants, often based on unjustified and unethical reasons has been a factor flaming illegal activities like poaching, smuggling and illegal wildlife trade.In order to curb this unethical behavior, the law enforcing agencies all over the world including India have been putting in serious efforts in combating the wildlife crimes and have seized a large number of wildlife products resulting from unlawful activities. The exercise is an attempt to deplore the unethical, indiscriminate and mostly unlawful activities of harvest and trade of wildlife products. The illegal wildlife products to be destroyed by the Ministry of Environment & Forests included those derived from tigers, elephants, leopards, lions, snakes, deer, mongoose, owls, shells etc. Few wildlife articles available in the National Zoological Park will also be destroyed.It would be a step in appreciating the efforts of various law enforcing agencies like forest and wildlife departments, wildlife crime control bureau, police, customs and many others who have put contributed immensely for the cause of protection of biodiversity. Courtesy:pib.nic.in