Department Name: Wildlife Division, Jowai
Name of the incumbent Department Head: Smt. H. Lato, MFS
Department Address: Divisional Forest Office, Moomon Mihmyntdu
Landline: 224003
Email ID: dfowljh@gmail.com
Department Name: Wildlife Division, Jowai
Name of the incumbent Department Head: Smt. H. Lato, MFS
Department Address: Divisional Forest Office, Moomon Mihmyntdu
Landline: 224003
Email ID: dfowljh@gmail.com
The main functions of the Division is to take up environmental awareness programme eliciting the public, the school children of the importance of conservation of flora and fauna species of the District. In this regard, Wildlife Week celebration was organized during October 2018 covering the schools of the East & West Jaintia Hills District by organizing Essay writing & drawing competitions at various places. And also implementation of Wildlife protection Act 1972 and also conservation of Sacred grove/Community Forest/Clan Forest, the Division has notified as per Section 36 of Wildlife Protection Act, the following Community Reserves
These activities were taken up to mitigate man-animal conflicts and to create cordial relationship with the people living in the village affected by animal’s depredation. During the year the activities taken up utilized for immunization of livestock to the villages, reward to informer on wildlife crime, providing amenities to the village protection squads.