DHAKA, Oct 21, 2024 (BSS) - A specialist committee has been formed to save 
elephants in the Korean EPZ area of Chattogram under the initiative of 
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.

This committee will submit a report to the ministry within the next three 
weeks, with specific recommendations to ensure a safe working environment for 
EPZ workers and to resolve human-elephant conflicts.

The committee was formed based on a decision taken at a meeting held on 21 
October 2024 at the ministry's mini-conference room in the Bangladesh 
Secretariat. 

The meeting was attended by the Environment Adviser along with the President 
and Managing Director of the Korean EPZ, the Chief Conservator of Forests, 
and ministry officials, a ministry press release said.

The Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram will lead the specialist committee, 
while other members are Professor Dr Monirul H Khan of Jahangirnagar 
University, Professor Dr Anwarul Islam of Dhaka University, a representative 
of IUCN, two representatives from the Korean EPZ, Rubaiya Ahmed from 
Obhoyaronno (Bangladesh Animal Welfare Foundation), and the Divisional Forest 
Officer of the Chattogram South Forest Division. 

The Divisional Forest Officer of the Wildlife Management and Nature 
Conservation Division, Chattogram, will serve as the member secretary of the 
committee.