15-December 2011
Important
steps taken by the Government for public awareness for protection of
wild animals including lion, leopard and bear include:
i. Financial assistance is provided to the State Government of Gujarat
for the conservation of lions which includes awareness programmes.
ii. The Ministry has issued the guidelines for managing human-leopard
conflicts for creating awareness among the public for safety of human
beings and conservation of leopards.
iii. Special events like World Environment Day, World Forestry Day and
Wildlife Week etc. are organized every year to spread awareness among
the people for protection and conservation of environment, forests and
wildlife.
iv.
Financial and technical assistance is extended to the State Governments
under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes, viz, ‘Integrated Development
of Wildlife Habitats', ‘Project Tiger’ and ‘Project Elephant’ for
providing better protection and conservation to wildlife, including
awareness programmes.
This information was given by the Minister of State for the Ministry of
Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena who is Incharge of Environment and
Forests in a written reply to a question by Shri B.N. Prasad Mahato and
Shri Kaushalendra Kumar in Lok Sabha today.
KP
(Release ID :78530)
Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78530
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