Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has said ensuring human-elephant coexistence is a government priority.
She emphasised that initiatives will be taken to simplify and amend relevant regulations so that elephant attacks victims can receive compensation more easily and swiftly. She also stressed the need for immediate measures to support affected farmers.
She made these remarks while virtually presiding over a review meeting held on Sunday night to determine actions for resolving human-elephant conflict, read a press release.
She said that timely measures must be taken to ensure the survival of elephants.
Rizwana urged the strengthening of Elephant Response Teams, saying skilled individuals from local communities should be selected and equipped with walkie-talkies and other necessary tools.
She also underscored the importance of planting elephant-friendly food trees.
Highlighting seasonal challenges, she noted that during the Boro rice cultivation period, additional manpower should be deployed under special arrangements.
She urged greater community participation and called for awareness training programs for school and college students.
Rizwana instructed the production of educational videos on elephants and their dissemination through social media campaigns.
Warning against harmful practices, she said all forms of video recording, including TikTok, near elephants must be strictly prohibited.
She further called for the appointment of wildlife experts to help address the challenges of human-elephant conflict effectively.
The meeting was attended by Chief Conservator of Forests Md Amir Hossain Chowdhury, Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests Md Rokibul Hasan Mukul, and Deputy Commissioner of Sherpur Torafdar Mahmudur Rahman.
Eminent wildlife expert Prof Ali Reza Khan, Conservator of Forests of Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle Md Sanaullah Patowary, Director of the Elephant Conservation Project ASM Zahir Uddin Akon, along with local leaders were also present during the meeting.
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