Two individuals and one organisation in three categories have been nominated for the 'Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation'.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Wildlife Advisory Board chaired by Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md. Shahab Uddin at the ministry's conference room on Thursday to finalise the nominations for 2021.
The late wildlife researcher Dr Mohammad Anisuzzaman Khan has been nominated for the Wildlife Education and Research category and the Government Azizul Haq College, Bogra has been nominated for the Team for Energy and Environmental Research (TIR) award in the category dedicated to wildlife conservation.
In addition, Bakhtiyar Hamid of Chuadanga District has been nominated in the category of Forest and Wildlife Conservation Officer, Renowned Researcher, Scientist, Wildlife Conservationist and Media Personnel / Personality.
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shahab Uddin said that with the extinction of wildlife, the natural balance is being disturbed and environmental disasters are being created.
That is why the present government is working sincerely for the conservation of wildlife, he added and urged all to come forward in this work.
Awarded ‘Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation’, one will receive cash equivalent to the market value of two tola of gold, an account pay-e check of Tk 50,000, and a certificate.
