RAJSHAHI, Dec 7, 2024 (BSS)- Experts at a training workshop here today 
unequivocally called for time-befitting and effective measures for 
conservation of nature and biodiversity for environmental balance in the 
region, including its vast Barind tract.

They also unanimously viewed that both nature and biodiversity are gradually 
declining due to various reasons posing a serious threat to public life along 
with the whole ecosystem.

The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Forum (NBCF) organised the workshop 
at Padma Garden conference hall discussing and devising ways and means on how 
to ensure safe habitat for the wild animals.

Wildlife experts Professor BK Dam, Hassan Akhter, Abdul Muttalib, Sudip 
Sarker, Fahad Iqbal, Ramjan Ali Sarker, Engineer Zunayed Ahmed and Monirul 
Haque addressed the event as resource persons.

In his remarks, Prof BK Dam said school, college and university-level 
students need proper knowledge about the importance of biodiversity, natural 
resource conservation and climate change issues so that they can contribute 
to this field.

To this end, there should be time-befitting measures and institutional 
learning for them as there is no way but to conserve natural resource 
conservation in the region to face the adverse impact of climate change for 
the greater interests of new and future generations, he said.

In the wake of abnormal declining natural resources like native crop seeds, 
fish and birds species and other wildlife, conservation of natural resources 
has become indispensable for facing the adverse impacts of climate change, 
the wildlife expert added.

Prof Dam opined that many native crops and vegetable varieties are gradually 
declining while many of the native fish species, particularly the small 
indigenous ones, are on the verge of extinction due to various reasons.

Importance should be given to capacity building to address climate change in 
the region with special reference to conservation of drought tolerant 
species.