As it is, in the country's reserved forest areas, trees are still being cut down and this fact is admitted by the officials who ought to be concerned. They attribute such illegal actions to insufficient number of forest department guards and their inability to counter sometimes well armed gangs who engage in illegal tree felling. But as the recent arrest of the Chief Conservator of Forests showed, the problem is largely the corruption and irregularities of forest department officials and not so much a shortage of manpower.
If law enforcement is the problem, then why cannot the relevant ministry arrange it with the police for the latter to increase their presence and patrolling in the reserved forest areas and take other measures on its own to face up to the situation ?
Abdur Rahim
Mainamati
Commilla
Corruption and forest resources
FE Team | Published: August 31, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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