New Delhi: As part of Wildlife Week 2025 celebrations, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Monday launched five national-level projects for species conservation and conflict management.
The five projects included Implementation of Action Plan of Project Dolphin; Project Sloth Bear; Project Gharial and Tigers Outside Tiger Reserve.
Yadav also launched the project for the establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Human-Wildlife Conflict Management (CoE-HWC) at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History to support policy, research, and field-based mitigation of human–wildlife conflicts.
The Minister urged all stakeholders to strengthen partnerships for conservation and said, “Wildlife protection is not just a duty, but a shared responsi