New Delhi, July 10 -- Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Friday inaugurated the Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Human-Wildlife Conflict at Coimbatore, established to strengthen research, innovation, policy support and capacity building for managing human-wildlife interactions across the country.

According to an official release, the inauguration was followed by a National Workshop on Human-Wildlife Conflict, which brought together senior policymakers, forest managers, scientists, researchers, technology experts and conservation practitioners from across India to deliberate on effective strategies for mitigating human-wildlife conflict. The event was attended by Union Minister of State for Environme...