Green activists at a seminar on Tuesday strongly criticised the role of the ministry of environment and forests due to its negligence in protecting the country's environment and forests.
They said in fact, the ministry of environment and forests is engaged in taking projects, going abroad and acquiring forests resources.
Paribesh Bachao Andolan, an environmental organisation, arranged the seminar at the National Press Club in the capital Tuesday morning.
Chaired by PBA chairman Abu Naser Khan, the seminar was addressed, among others, by Mujibul Haque MP, former member of Planning Commission Prof Mamtazuddin Ahmed, chairman of Zoology Department at Dhaka University Prof Nurjahan Sarkar and poet Lily Haque.
Environmentalists said although 15 ministries were involved in managing environment and biodiversity, no effective step had been taken yet to protect the environment and forests, and biodiversity.
They said environmental stewardship was always ignored in the 'Allocation of Business' and the 'Rules of Business' of different ministries and the ministry of environment and forests did not emphasise its allocation of duty to conserve environment and biodiversity.
They urged the government to rename 'environment management ministry' instead of the ministry of environment and forests with a view to protecting the country's environment and forests.
Former secretary Sohel Ahmed Chowdhury read out a keynote paper on 'Environment Management: the Role of Ministry and Social Audit' at the seminar.
Source : New Age
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