Illegal encroachment on forest lands, forest resources to prevent illegal trafficking of wildlife and the bloody trend has formed a strong task force.

On Thursday (28 May), the Secretariat of Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain chaired a high-level task force was formed at a meeting.

Environment  president of the 18-member committee of the chief secretary of the task said.

Prevent encroachment on forest lands, wildlife trafficking and destruction of forest resources at the national level of the land and the task force will coordinate matters relating to the prevention of trafficking.

Environment Ministry press release, all related to the trafficking of forest resources, forest law / 2012 of the Wildlife Protection Act and other relevant laws correction / change / Update Task Force will work.

Kidnapping and killing of forest resources and wildlife smuggling-prone area / large amount of forest resources and wildlife and to prevent trafficking task force will take the decision.

Arrested on charges of smuggling and trafficking of wildlife and forest resources, destruction of forest resources and wildlife in the settlement; Kidnapping and killing of wildlife trafficking, protection of forest resources and the improvement of the intelligence network / change / modify related policies; Kidnapping and killing of wildlife trafficking, protection of forest resources and divisional and district level committee will form the task force.

Cabinet Secretary, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Home Affairs Senior Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Joint Secretary, Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Committee.

Inspector General of Police; Border, the National Security Intelligence Department, Coast Guard, Ansar / VDP, has been a member of the Defense Intelligence Directorate General and the Director General of RAB.

 Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation chairman, department of six commissioners.

The committee will be meeting every three months work has been inflicted.

Ministry of Environment and Forests Task Force members will act as secretary.