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Integrated conservation framework proposed to combat illegal Marine Wildlife Trade

Kochi, May 13 (UNI) Amid growing concerns over the illegal trade in marine wildlife species, experts and enforcement officials have called for an integrated conservation framework that combines science, policy support, enforcement and community participation to strengthen protection measures along India's coasts.
The call was made during a three-day national capacity building workshop hosted by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in association with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and WWF-India at Kochi.
The workshop brought together 27 enforcement officials from forest departments, postal departments, railway protection force and police units from west coast states and the union Territory of Lakshadweep, along with scientists, conservationists and policymakers from across the country.
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