IUCN Species Survival Commission has partnered with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to set up the first-ever Center for Species Survival in South Asia.
Key points
- In this regard, an MoU has been signed between IUCN SSC and Wildlife Trust of India to set up the first-ever regional Center for Species Survival (CSS) in India.
- This will be the 10th Centre for Species Survival in the world and the first of its kind in South Asia.
- This collaborative effort aims to enhance conservation efforts by wildlife experts and specialist groups and safeguard the rich biodiversity of India.
- The Center hopes to provide a platform for conservation practitioners to network and share best practices.
- It will also contribute to species status assessments using the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and amplify the impact of species recovery efforts across the country.
- The Centre will further act as a bridge between the national and international efforts to save species.
- With India being home to numerous iconic and endangered species, the need for such a center has become more crucial than ever.
- Possessing a tremendous diversity of climate and physical conditions, India has great variety of fauna, numbering 92,037 species, of which insects alone include 61,375 species.
- It is estimated that about two times that number of species still remain to be discovered in India alone.
- The Center for Species Survival is designed to help in the conservation and recovery of species and seems to be in the right direction.
