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From: Shamita <shamita@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2019, 4:37 pm
Subject: Ashok Kumar Wildlife Law and Enforcement Conference
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*Ashok Kumar Memorial Wildlife Law and Enforcement Conference*
*11-12 March 2019, Pune INDIA*
The legendary Ashok Kumar, known as the father of wildlife crime control
in India made several game-changing contributions, particularly against
the illegal trade in wildlife and its derivatives, during the course of a
conservation career spanning five decades. While he was not a trained
lawyer he specialized in wildlife Law at the policy and practice level He
fought and won several noteworthy cases – be it keeping the infamous
poacher and wildlife trade kingpin Sansar Chand behind bars, or saving the
wetlands in UP from a World Bank funded construction project, or procuring
orders to move an irrigation colony out of Corbett NP – and even argued
some cases personally in the Delhi High Court.
As a tribute to the man who spearheaded the movement against wildlife
crime, The Ashok Kumar Memorial Wildlife Law and Enforcement Conference
will be in held in Pune, INDIA at the Institute of Environment Education
and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth University on 11 and 12 March 2019.
This Conference is jointly organized by the *Wildlife Trust of India, New
Delhi INDIA*, *Institute of Environment Education and Research and New Law
College, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune INDIA* in collaboration
with *Chair,
International Master of Environmental Science Programme, University of
Cologne, GERMANY* and the *Stetson University College of Law's Institute
for Biodiversity Law and Policy, USA. *
The conference brings together enforcement, wildlife law and wildlife
experts from the governmental, NGOs, and academic sectors. Papers are
invited on the following aspects of enforcement and wildlife law:
· National Policy and Legal Frameworks to curb wildlife trade
· Wildlife law enforcement: New approaches
· Wildlife trade: Challenges across the borders
· Capacity building for wildlife law enforcement
· Wildlife Forensics and the law
· Biodiversity, law and wildlife protection
Papers on other related topics will also be considered. The best papers
will be published in a special edition of the Bharati Law Review (a UGC
recognized journal) brought out on the occasion.
*To be considered, please submit an abstract of your paper and a brief
biography to: **akwlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx* <akwlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>* on or before
15 January 2019. **For more details visit **http://conference.bvieer.edu.in*
<http://conference.bvieer.edu.in>* or contact; +91-7447431314*
We request you to publicize the conference widely among your colleagues,
staff and students. A pdf of the conference poster is attached for your
ready reference.
Thanking you
Warm regards
__________________________________________________
*Organization Team*
*Ashok Kumar Wildlife Law And Enforcement Conference*
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