RAPID ACTION PROJECT (RAP)

This division seeks to take on conservation issues that are of urgent and critical need. It also stipulates that the project should be of short term in nature and conservation worthy.

Its primary objective is to respond quickly to any wildlife emergencies in the country by extending all round help to wildlife in crisis and distress.

It also seeks to set up a countrywide network of implementers who could promptly respond to any conservation crisis quickly in the country.

Briefly, this division functions on the following aspects:

• Urgent/critical: Conservation issues that is of urgent and critical need and subject to time, need, place and relevance to the reported call.
• Rapid implementation: The action is carried out with the required speed necessary to thwart the conservation threat.
• Conservation worthy: Be of significance to wildlife conservation and at the same time achievable.
• Short term: Should be not more than one year.
• Cost effective: Budgets should be flexible and not involve a huge financial outlay. This is assessed as per the crisis and conservation need. Normally such expenditures are below Rs. 1,00,000. However in cases where a sanctioned equipment or work exceeds this amount, the amount may be increased with prior clearance of the RAP panel.

The RAP panel is empowered to take such decisions as an when exigencies arrive. The panel consists of five members and two of its members are external to WTI. All the panel members are conservationists of repute. They review, monitor and approve all RAP projects.

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