Thursday, August 6, 2015

Unanimous resolution on Wildlife crime passed

The Southern States Forest Ministers have passed a unanimous resolution in a conference to establish a ‘Regional Wildlife Crime Control Bureau’ in place of National Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to address the wild life and forest, wood smuggling related problems in the southern states in the country.

Southern states Forest Ministers conference was held in Tiruvananthapuram in Kerala in which Minister for Forest and environment Jogu Ramanna participated.

Forest Ministers stressed upon the coordinated and collective efforts to control the wood smuggling and indiscriminate felling of trees in the forests. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandi presided over the conference.  

In a statement issued after conference, Jogu Ramanna informed that Forests Minister of Southern states opined that there was need of establishment of Regional Wild Life Crime Bureau as the wood smugglers have become major threat to the forests and wild life.

He said Southern States Forest Ministers’ council was established under the chairman ship of Kerala Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. The council will address the problems related to forest, wild life and wood smuggling and take steps to tackle these problems in the southern states.  

JoguRamanna informed that they have decided to organize Southern states Forest Ministers’ conference in November, 2015 in Hyderabad. 

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