Shri Ramesh Kumar Pandey Field Director, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, India awarded take home Environmental Enforcement Awards for service to environmental protection. Award are recognized by the United Nations for their exceptional contribution to fighting transboundary environmental crime.
In April 2019, Shri Pandey led a team from the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to arrest a notorious poacher who was wanted by both India and Nepal in 11 cases of tiger poaching incidents and had links with criminal network trading in tigers across the India-Nepal border. The arrest is the result of a thorough investigation and cooperation with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in India, INTERPOL and the Central Investigation Bureau in Nepal. Shri Pandey was also aided by the M-STrIPES App (Monitoring System for Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status), a mobile application to strengthen patrolling and surveillance of tigers in India.
