Dimapur, January 19 (MExN): A two days training workshop for Forest and Police officers is jointly organised by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi and Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Nagaland on January 19 and 20 at Dimapur.
T. Amenba Yaden, Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Commerce and Industries, Government of Nagaland graced the occasion as chief guest. Expressing concern, he expressed, “Nagaland is no more the state of petty hunting by simple village folks but global transit hub of illegal wildlife products transported through Dimapur-Manipur-Myanmar.”
He stated that head hunting was brought to halt with the advent of Christianity but unfortunately wildlife hunting continued. He emphasised on creating awareness for wildlife conservation and co-ordination among different enforcement agencies, both at state as well as central level to control wildlife crimes.
Satya Prakash Tripathi, Chief Wildlife Warden, Nagaland and Chairman of the programme welcomed the participants. He highlighted the sincere efforts of the Forest Department in motivating people of the State and inculcating the idea of wildlife conservation in the minds of people.
Kamal Dutta, Joint Director, WCCB, MoEF & CC, GoI, New Delhi gave a brief back ground of the WCCB appreciated peoples participation in success story of Amur Falcon which brought laurel to the state, nationally and Internationally. He also stated that the Union Forest Minister, Prakash Javadekar was very happy in seeing peoples participation wildlife conservation and in general and Amur Falcon conservation in particular during his visit to Nagaland on December 15 and 16, 2015.
He however stated that mentioned that Union Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar was extremely impressed upon his visit to Nagaland and shared the Amur Falcon conservation story from Nagaland with other colleagues in Ministry and Department. He suggested that we need to bring many more laurels to the state. He appealed all concerned for synergic action to combat wildlife crime.
Kesonyu Yhome, Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur while appreciating efforts taken by Forest Department stated that awareness alone would not the sufficient; socioeconomic development and effective enforcement needs to be in place for wildlife conservation. He promised all the support from District Administration to curb wildlife crimes.
The vote of thanks was proposed by Kamdi Hemant Bhasker, Wildlife Warden, Kiphire.
