Emeritus Scientist  

It is obvious that there are gaps in knowledge in a large number of animal groups. Due to limited number of in-service expertise, to bridge the gap ZSI is currently engaging superannuated scientists as emeritus scientist for a limited period to take up studies on such groups. It is proposed to increase the strength of such workers so as to train the new scientists on one hand and to get immense benefits of the expertise of renowned scientists on the other.

In addition to the updating of its own scheduled species, ZSI also is invited regularly to review proposals submitted by other countries to CITES. In fact most data sent to CITES by Asian and South-East Asian countries are invariably sent to ZSI for review before placing it at the next Conference of Parties.

The other important aspect of work that ZSI does in this connection is the help it renders to the enforcement staff in different parts of the country and the Customs authorities at the various ports for identification of wildlife and their products in trade. The work gains much more importance due to the task of ZSI in identification of confiscated wildlife products and the related research that is involved in final identification.