WildTeam, a conservation organisation, held its 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Dhaka on Saturday.
The AGM re-elected the five-member executive committee consisting of Enam Ul Haque as Chairman of the Board, Md. Shamsur Rahman as Vice-Chairman, Professor Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam as General Secretary, Professor Dr. Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury as Treasurer, and Enayetullah Khan as a Member.
Among the attendees were Professor M. Harunur Rashid, Professor Dr. Nitish Chandra Debnath, Professor Md. Obaidul Haque, Professor M.A. Aziz, Dr. Alifa Bintha Haque, Nahar Khan, and Masud Jamil Khan, who extended their congratulations to the executive committee members, said a press release.
WildTeam is carrying out its activities to improve the conservation status of key animal species and habitats in Bangladesh and developing partnerships, tools, and platforms to build the capacity of organizations and individuals to carry out effective conservation in the country.
WildTeam was able to engage communities in the Sundarbans with the support from Bangladesh Forest Department, USAID, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Zoological Society of London, IUCN-KfW, and others to conserve tigers there.
It is now working in 49 of 76 Sundarban’s villages with about 450 volunteers: 340 village tiger response team (VTRT) members, 55 BaghBandhus, and 50 TigerScouts.
WildTeam is implementing Phase II of the ‘Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP)’, supported by IUCN and KfW, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India and Jahangirnagar University in the Sundarbans.