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The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an autonomous natural resource service institution established in 1982 under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, Government of India.[1] WII carries out wildlife research in areas of study like Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Wildlife Policy, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Forensics, Spatial Modeling, Ecodevelopment, Ecotoxicology, Habitat Ecology and Climate Change. WII has a research facility which includes Forensics, Remote Sensing and GIS, Laboratory, Herbarium, and an Electronic Library.[1] The founder director was V. B. Saharia while the first director was Hemendra Singh Panwar who remained the director from 1985 to 1994. Trained personnel from WII have contributed in studying and protecting wildlife in India. The national tiger census or the All India Tiger Estimation, is done by WII along with NTCA and state forest departments.
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Formed | 1982 |
Parent department | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India |
Website | https://www.wii.gov.in/ |
The institute is based in Dehradun district, India. It is located in Chandrabani, which is close to the southern forests of Dehradun district. The campus is 180 acres, from which 100 acres are in wilderness and 80 acres are operational facilities. It is close to Rajaji National Park. The training of the direct recruits of the India Forest Service Officers and also those who are recruited as the State Forest Officers is done here itself.
Directors
editThe current director of Wildlife Institute of India is Dhananjai Mohan who was appointed in December 2019.[2] He was formerly Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Planning and Financial Management and Chairman of State Biodiversity Board in Uttarakhand.[3]
Previous directors included:
See also
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About Wildlife Institute of India". Wildlife Institute of India. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.
- ^ Shivani Azad (4 December 2019). "Dhananjai Mohan appointed director of Wildlife Institute of India | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Azad, Shivani (4 December 2019). "Dhananjai Mohan appointed director of Wildlife Institute of India". The Times of India.
- ^ a b "Appointment of Dr. V.B. Mathur as Director, WII". Wildlife Institute of India. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Mr. P.R. Sinha". Wildlife Institute of India. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Farewell: Shri P.R. Sinha" (PDF). E-Newsletter of W.I.I. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2015.
- ^ Panwar, Hemendra Singh (29 October 2015). "What ails DPR and EIA of Ken-Betwa Link Project: A Note for EAC of MoEF&CC". South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP). Archived from the original on 15 May 2020.
External links
edit- Wildlife Institute of India official website
- ENVIS Centre: Wildlife & Protected Areas (Secondary Database); Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
- "Online Photo Galleries" on Nature and Wildlife of India at "India Nature Watch (INW)" - spreading the love of nature and wildlife in India through photography
- Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
Legislation from Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
- "Legislations on Environment, Forests, and Wildlife" from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
- "India’s Forest Conservation Legislation: Acts, Rules, Guidelines", from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests
- Wildlife Legislations, including - "The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act" from the Official website of: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests