A co-ordinating meeting of wildlife officials of four states on man-animal conflict and wildlife crime was today held here today.
Forest officials of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh deliberated upon issues like management of wildlife on priority basis and lessen man-animal conflicts, Jharkhand Principal Chief Conservator of Forest D K Srivastav said.
Describing the meeting as constructive, he said the officials of the four states have also discussed steps to ensure promotion of wildlife and density of forest.
One of the major concerns discussed was frequent entry of wild elephants into human habitat, Srivastav said.
Appreciating the initiative undertaken by Odisha and West Bengal in this regard, he said the two states have identified corridor to ensure free movement of wild elephants as well as to prevent them from venturing into human habitat.
He said Jharkhand too had taken several measures and not lagging far behind the two states.
Srivastav said the officials also discussed issues like solar powered fencing, exchange of technique as well as promotion of eco-tourism.
The next meeting of the officials was scheduled for December in West Bengal.
Besides Srivastav, others who attended the meeting were Principal Chief Conservators of Forest Ujjwal Bhattacharyya (West Bengal), S S Srivastava (Odisha) and Chief Conservator of Forest (Chhattisgarh) B P Nonhare.
