Alwar, Feb. 8 -- union Minister for Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has stressed on the need for a comprehensive review of India's tiger conservation policy.
Addressing the inaugural session of the Conference of Chief Wildlife Wardens of Tiger Range States and Field Directors of Tiger Reserves here Saturday, Yadav said "India has completed 50 years of tiger conservation; this is an appropriate time for a comprehensive policy review".
He called for a review of "all policy decisions taken in the 28 meetings of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) held so far, to identify decisions that have become outdated, those that could not be implemented and those that have been fully executed."Yadav suggested that ...