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Meera Bhardwaj ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: Although wildlife laws have been codified for a long time now, its understanding, awareness and implementation have been pretty poor. Forest, police and judicial officers deliberated recently in Bengaluru on the low rate of convictions and the need for taking forest/wildlife cases to its logical end. The occasion was the release of Praveen Bhargav’s book, Wildlife Laws for Rangers, which the experts said is a ready-reckoner and useful guide for forest officials and wildlife managers. We have enough laws to govern and enforce wildlife protection but lack of knowledge has been a bane. “Effective implementation of the law and prosecution of offenders requires forest officers to have a reasonable understanding of the rules..