This notification, S.O. 3548(E), issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on August 8, 2023, designates twenty-three Indian institutes as Scientific Authorities under Section 49F(1) of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. This designation empowers these institutes to fulfill functions related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) under Chapter VB of the Act. The designated institutes are: 1. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata; 2. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi; 3. Forest Research Institute, Dehradun; 4. Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore; 5. Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat; 6. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun; 7. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; 8. National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai; 9. Centre for Marine Living Resources Ecology, Kochi; 10. Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur; 11. Institute of Wood Science Technology, Bangalore; 12. Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla; 13. Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur; 14. Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology, Hyderabad; 15. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly; 16. Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai; 17. National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi; 18. Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow; 19. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; 20. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants CIMAP, Lucknow; 21. National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow; 22. Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur; and 23. Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi. The notification was issued under F. No. WL192023WLPart 1 and signed by Bivash Ranjan, Addl. Director General of Forests WL.
Key Entities Referenced
Wild Life Protection Act, 1972: A law that the Central Government uses to designate institutes as Scientific Authorities.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: An international agreement under which the designated Scientific Authorities will fulfill functions.
Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata: An institute designated as a Scientific Authority, located in Kolkata, West Bengal.
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi: An institute designated as a Scientific Authority, located in Kochi, Kerala.
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun: An institute designated as a Scientific Authority, located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata: An institute designated as a Scientific Authority, located in Kolkata, West Bengal.
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai: An institute designated as a Scientific Authority, located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi: An institute designated as a Scientific Authority, located in New Delhi, Delhi.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
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अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 8 अगस्ट्त, 2023
का.आ. 3548(अ).—केंद्रीर् सरकार, वन्र्िीव (संरक्षण) अजधजनर्म, 1972 की धारा 49 च की उपधारा (1) द्वारा
प्रित्त िजिर्ों का प्रर्ोग करत े हुए, वन्र् प्राणी और वनस्ट्पजत की संकटापन्न िाजतर्ों म ें अंतरााष्ट्रीर् व्यापार अजभसमर् के
अधीन कृत्र्ों को परू ा करने के जलए, वन्र्िीव (सरं क्षण) अजधजनर्म, 1972 के अध्र्ार् 5 ख के प्रर्ोिनों के जलए वैज्ञाजनक
प्राजधकरण के रुप में जनम्नजलजखत संस्ट्थानों को अजभजित करती िै, अथाात् : -
1. भारतीर् वनस्ट्पजत जवज्ञान सवक्षे ण, कोलकाता ;
2. केन्द्रीर् समुद्री मत्स्ट्र् अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, कोची ;
3. वन अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, िेिरािनू ;
4. वन आनुवंजिकी और वृक्ष प्रिनन संस्ट्थान. कोर्ंबतूर ;
5. वर्ाा वन अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान िोरिाट ;
6. भारतीर् वन्र्िीव अनुसंधान सस्ट्ं थान, िरे िािनू ;
7. भारतीर् प्राजण सवेक्षण, कोलकाता ;
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8. राष्ट्रीर् सतत तटीर् प्रबंधन केन्द्र, चेन्नई ;
9. समुद्री िीवन संस्ट्थान और पाररजस्ट्थजतकी केन्द्र, कोची ;
10. िुष्क वन अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, िोधपुर ;
11. काष्ठ जवज्ञान और प्रौद्योजगकी संस्ट्थान, बेंगलरूु ;
12. जिमालर्न वन अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, जिमला ;
13. ऊष्ण करटबंधीर् वन अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, िबलपुर ;
14. कोजिकीर् एवं आणजवक िीवजवज्ञान केन्द्र, ििै राबाि ;
15. भारतीर् पि-ु जचदकत्सा अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान बरेली ;
16. भारतीर् माजत्स्ट्र्की सवेक्षण, मबु ंई ;
17. राष्ट्रीर् पापि िीनोम अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान नई दिल्ली ;
18. भारतीर् जवर् जवज्ञान अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, लखनऊ ;
19. टाटा मूलभूत अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, मुबंई ;
20. केन्द्रीर् और्धीर् एवं सगं ध पौधा संस्ट्थान, लखनऊ ;
21. राष्ट्रीर् वनस्ट्पजत अनुसंधान संस्ट्थान, लखनऊ ;
22. जिमालर् िैवसंपिा प्रौद्योजगकी संस्ट्थान, पालमपुर ;और
23. केन्द्रीर् जचज़िर्ाघर प्राजधकरण नई दिल्ली ;
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जबभार् रंिन, अपर वन मिाजनिेिक (डब्लल्र्ूएल)
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 8th August, 2023
S.O. 3548(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 49F of the Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972, the Central Government hereby designates the following institutes as Scientific Authority for
the purposes of Chapter VB of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, for fulfilling the functions under the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, namely:-
1. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata;
2. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi;
3. Forest Research Institute, Dehradun;
4. Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore;
5. Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat;
6. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun;
7. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata;
8. National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai;[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
9. Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Kochi;
10. Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur;
11. Institute of Wood Science & Technology, Bangalore;
12. Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla;
13. Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur;
14. Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad;
15. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly;
16. Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai;
17. National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi;
18. Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow;
19. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai;
20. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow;
21. National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow;
22. Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur; and
23. Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi.
[F. No. WL-1/9/2023-WL-Part (1)]
BIVASH RANJAN, Addl. Director General of Forests (WL)
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