Central Zoo Authority begins consultations on a National Wildlife Health Policy
The Central Zoo Authority held a stakeholder consultation workshop on 17 December 2024 to develop a National Wildlife Health Policy.
Summary
The Central Zoo Authority (CZA), under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, took up the development of a National Wildlife Health Policy at a stakeholder consultation workshop held at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi on 17 December 2024. The proposed policy aims to set up a comprehensive framework for safeguarding wildlife populations, integrated with public health and domestic animal health management, and covers the health of both captive and free-ranging wildlife. It follows a science-based approach that treats ecological, human and animal health as parts of a shared environment.
Key facts
- Organiser
- Central Zoo Authority, MoEFCC
- Date and venue
- 17 December 2024, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi
- Policy
- Proposed National Wildlife Health Policy
- Scope
- Captive and free-ranging wildlife; integration with public and domestic animal health
- Approach
- Science-based; ecological, human and animal health as interconnected
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Which body took up the development of a National Wildlife Health Policy through a stakeholder consultation in December 2024?
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Correct answer: C — Central Zoo Authority
PIB (MoEFCC): the Central Zoo Authority, under the aegis of MoEFCC, took up the development of the National Wildlife Health Policy at a consultative workshop on 17 December 2024.
Consider the following statements about the proposed National Wildlife Health Policy: 1. It covers the health of both captive and free-ranging wildlife. 2. It aims to integrate wildlife health with public health and domestic animal health management. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Both 1 and 2
PIB (MoEFCC): the proposed policy aims at a comprehensive framework for safeguarding wildlife integrated with public health and domestic animal health management, and recognises the health of captive and free-ranging wildlife. Both statements are correct.