Q. Consider the following statements about vulture protection in India:
1. India’s only vulture sanctuary is located in Uttar Pradesh.
2. Asia’s first vulture conservation breeding centre is located in Haryana.
3. Red headed vulture is on Critically Endangered list of IUCN but not under Schedule 1 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Which of the above given statement is/are correct?
The Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) is a joint project of the Haryana Forest Department and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). It is a collaborative initiative to save the three species of vultures, the White-backed, Long-billed and Slender-billed, from looming extinction.
The VCBC, earlier known as Vulture Care Centre (VCC), was established in September 2001 with the UK Government’s ‘Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species’ fund, to investigate the dramatic declines in India’s Gyps species of vultures.
Subsequent to the release of the South Asia Vulture Recovery Plan in February 2004, the VCC was adapted and upgraded to being the first VCBC, in line with a key recommendation of the Recovery Plan to set up a conservation breeding programme for the three critically endangered species of vultures. The centre sprawls over 5 acres of Haryana Forest Department’s land at village Jodhpur. The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre (JCBC) is a joint project of the Haryana Forest Department and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).It is a collaborative initiative to save the three species of vultures, the White-backed, Long-billed and Slender-billed, from looming extinction. These three species are on Critically Endangered list of IUCN and under Schedule 1 of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 while Red headed vulture is on Critically Endangered list of IUCN but not under Schedule 1.
Source: ForumIAS
