The Standing Committee of National Board of Wildlife(SC-NBWL) in its 60th meeting held on 05th January has approved the advisory for management of Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) in the country.
- The committee also approved inclusion of Caracal, into the list of critically endangered species for taking up conservation efforts with financial support under Centrally sponsored Scheme-Development of Wildlife Habitat.
- Caracal is a medium size wild cat found in some parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Now, there are 22 wildlife species under recovery programme for critically endangered species.
- The programme is one of the three components of the centrally funded scheme, Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH).
- Started in 2008-09, IDWH is meant for providing support to protected areas (national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, conservation reserves and community reserves except tiger reserves), protection of wildlife outside protected areas and recovery programmes for saving critically endangered species and habitats.
So far, 22 species have been identified under the recovery programme. These are:
- Snow Leopard,
- Bustard (including Floricans),
- Dolphin,
- Hangul,
- Nilgiri Tahr,
- Marine Turtles,
- Dugongs,
- Edible Nest Swiftlet,
- Asian Wild Buffalo,
- Nicobar Megapode,
- Manipur Brow-antlered Deer,
- Vultures,
- Malabar Civet,
- Indian Rhinoceros,
- Asiatic Lion,
- Swamp Deer,
- Jerdon’s Courser
- Northern River Terrapin,
- Clouded Leopard
- Arabian Sea Humpback Whale,
- Red Panda,
- Caracal.
