The governments of India, Nepal and Bhutan are planning to have a joint task force for allowing free movement of wildlife across political boundaries and checking smuggling of wildlife across the Kanchenjunga Landscape.
About:
The Kanchenjunga Landscape is a trans-boundary region spread across Nepal, India and Bhutan.
The landscape stretches along the southern side of Mount Kanchenjunga covers an area of 25,080 sq km spread across parts of
Eastern Nepal (21%),
Sikkim and West Bengal (56%) and
western & South-western Bhutan (23%).
Recent development:
The developments comes up after forest officials and representatives of NGOs of the three countries visited parts of the landscape and later held a meeting at Siliguri in north Bengal earlier this month.
Setting up of a joint task force was a key requirement to achieve the objectives of free movement of wildlife and checking smuggling of wildlife.
According to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 1,118 sq km of riverine grassland and tree cover were lost in the landscape between 2000 and 2010. 74 % of the area was converted into rangeland and 26% to agricultural land.
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