{"id":20887,"date":"2026-03-03T15:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=20887"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:35:31","slug":"union-environment-minister-shri-bhupender-yadav-chairs-44th-meeting-of-central-zoo-authority-at-bhopal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=20887","title":{"rendered":"Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav chairs 44th Meeting of Central Zoo Authority at Bhopal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav chairs 44th Meeting of Central Zoo Authority at Bhopal<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 28 FEB 2026 8:09PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday chaired the 44th Meeting of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) held at the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Key achievements of the CZA during the current financial year 2025-26 and strategic priorities for the year 2026-27 were presented before the governing body of Central Zoo Authority. Also, a status report was presented before the Central Zoo Authority regarding the establishment of the NRC-W in Junagadh and its regional centers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Further, the annual calendar for observance of important days was presented aimed to inspire amongst zoo visitors\u2019 empathy for wild animals, an understanding and awareness about the need for conservation of natural resources and for maintaining the ecological balance.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Subsequently, agenda items placed for consideration were deliberated. On the occasion, significant decisions taken in the meeting were as mentioned below:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Target has been set to conduct\u00a0the\u00a0second cycle of\u00a0Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE)\u00a0of large and medium category zoos\u00a0by the end\u00a0of May 2026. This exercise is an evidence based, comprehensive, holistic and independent exercise encouraging maintenance of highest standards in zoos across the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Scope of the Committee\u00a0constituted to examine and report on potential of CSR contribution for zoos has been expanded and sought recommendations regarding identification of prominent personalities who can be connected with promotion of zoos, ex-situ conservation and conservation education to the youth and self-sustainability of zoos.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Collaboration with the ZSI and institutions in the NIRANTAR\u00a0vertical that includes CZA, to be explored to promote zoos, ex-situ conservation and conservation education.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • To solicit\u00a0suggestions from Members of Parliament\u00a0with a recognized zoo located in the respective Parliament constituency with respect to strengthening\u00a0of the zoo\u00a0to achieve various objectives envisaged in the National Zoo Policy.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Schools that have organized visits to zoos\u00a0by their students to be identified and to request management of such schools to organize a class exclusively to seek collective suggestions for strengthening zoos.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Union Environment Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav chairs 44th Meeting of Central Zoo Authority at Bhopal Posted On: 28 FEB 2026 8:09PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday chaired the 44th Meeting of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) held at the Indian Institute of Forest Management, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20889,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20887\/revisions\/20889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}