Under the ongoing USAID-WCT-GTF engagement for strengthening conservation efforts in Tiger Range Countries, a consultation meeting was organized by GTF on addressing illegal wildlife trade and trafficking between India and Bangladesh at Hotel the Royal Plaza, New Delhi, India on 27 and 28 May 2019. The meeting was attended by Government officials from Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD), National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), West Bengal Forest department and representatives from GTF, U.S. Embassy, WWF-India and TRAFFIC-India.
The consultation focused on wildlife crime in the transboundary region, challenges for conservation and protection, strategies to counter Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT), case studies on best practice models to combat poaching and trafficking, sharing of information on illegal wildlife trade routes and wildlife networks.
Both the countries agreed on an action agenda, vis-à-vis existing MoU, especially joint actions between the two countries in the Sunderbans landscape.
