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Wildlife Week 2025: human-wildlife coexistence

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Wildlife Week 2025: human-wildlife coexistence (GS3 · Biodiversity, 6 October 2025)

What happened

  • Wildlife Week 2025 was celebrated at Dehradun on 6 October with the theme “Human-Wildlife Coexistence”; finalists of a national hackathon on human-wildlife conflict were felicitated [PIB].

Background

  • WII, ICFRE, IGNFA and FRI jointly organised the event [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Conflict is rising as habitats shrink. Early warning tech and fair, fast compensation reduce retaliation killings.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation

  1. As per PIB (2025-10-06): wildlife Week 2025 was celebrated at Dehradun on 6 October with the theme "Human-Wildlife Coexistence"; finalists of a national hackathon on human-wildlife conflict were felicitated.
  2. Conflict is rising as habitats shrink. Early warning tech and fair, fast compensation reduce retaliation killings.
Quotable data point

Wildlife Week 2025 was celebrated at Dehradun on 6 October with the theme "Human-Wildlife Coexistence".

PIB: MoEFCC: Wildlife Week 2025, 6 Oct 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Mains: human-wildlife conflict.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Theme of Wildlife Week 2025

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Venue

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Which institute co-organised?

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: MoEFCC: Wildlife Week 2025, 6 Oct 2025

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