Kathmandu, May 19: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Environment has formed a task force of the technical committee to manage human-wildlife conflict.
The 15-member task force includes human-wildlife conflict management experts.
This task force has been formed to prevent damage caused by wildlife, improve policies and programmes, and ensure effective implementation of these policies and programmes at the local level.
It will carry out studies and research the damage caused by wildlife, review the current situation, and make recommendations for necessary policies and legal amendments.
Based on the indicators, the task force has also been assigned the responsibility to select model projects in 20 wards, implement them, provide technical support, and monitor them.
The programmes will be implemented in coordination with the federal, provincial and local levels and the task force will provide suggestions to make the relief system for damaged crops simple, effective and timely.
The ministry has stated that human–wildlife conflict management will be carried out based on the suggestions provided by the task force.
In view of the growing incidences of wild animals entering residential areas, attacking people and damaging crops in several areas of the country, recently, the associated sectors and stakeholders had suggested on forming a technical and expert-inclusive task force to study the affected areas and provide suggestions for resolving the human–wildlife conflict.
