Environment Ministry reconstitutes Central Zoo Authority (CZA)
Part of: GS Prelims and Mains III – Environment issues; Conservation
In news:
Environment Ministry has reconstituted the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).
CZA will include an expert from the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, and a molecular biologist.
Key prelims pointers:
The CZA is a statutory body chaired by the Environment Minister and tasked with regulating zoos across the country.
Central Zoo Authority (CZA) is a statutory body created under the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The authority lays down guidelines and prescribes rules under which animals may be transferred among zoos nationally and internationally.
It regulates the exchange of animals of endangered category Listed under Schedule-I and II of the Wildlife Protection Act among zoos.