Bhubaneswar, Dec 12: To prepare a comprehensive wildlife management plan for protection and management of rich wildlife resources Odisha Government signed MoU with Wildlife Trust of India.
The MoU was signed between the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (WL), Odisha Chief Wildlife Warden and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) here at state secretariat.
Odisha CWLW SS Srivastava and WTI ED Vivek Menon signed the MoU in the presence of Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha. The plan will be prepared at a cost of Rs 3.65 crore and completed within 15 months.
The proposed plan would identify and map key biological resources and their connectivity across the landscape, restore degraded or lost habitats essential for animals’ persistence and movement, reduce animal mortality due to man-animal conflicts, electrocution and train accidents, etc, promote conservation of wildlife at grassroots level, optimize manpower and infrastructure requirements of the State for prevention of wildlife crimes and better prosecution.
