The forest officers of Koshi region have been trained in information collection and operation in Biratnagar. In this training which will last for two days, the training has been started with the aim of helping in the control of wildlife crime.

The National Nature Conservation Fund, in coordination with the Ministry of Forests and Environment of Koshi Province and the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department, has started training for the forest sector officers in Biratnagar on the operation of surveillance and information collection necessary for wildlife crime control.

What kind of information is needed to prevent poachers from becoming a poacher, how to control smugglers by using surveillance, the role they can play in controlling wildlife crime and the proper utilization and management of the information obtained, Birendra Gautam, head of the National Nature Conservation Fund, Koshi Conservation Center. Information provided . Dr. Indra Prasad Sapkota, Forest Director of Koshi Province, told the

event. Noting that wildlife crime is the fourth biggest crime in the world, he said that everyone should work together to control crime. He said that the learning gained from the training related to information collection and surveillance will play an important role in crime control. Director of Forest Dr. Sapkota emphasized that everything should be taken seriously as illegal wildlife trade is also linked to terrorism.

The National Nature Conservation Fund is currently training the forest and conservation officers of all the seven provinces under the project 'Combat Wildlife Trafficking in Nepal', which is being conducted with the support of the US Government's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). Govinda Prasad Pokharel, conservation officer of the fund, said that training has been completed in Sudurpaschim, Karnali, Lumbini, Wagmati and Koshi provinces so far.

Nepal Army's former Brigadier General and security expert Dilipjung Rayamazhi, senior police superintendent of police Praveen Pokharel and former colonel Vasant Kumar Rayamazhi facilitated the forest officers on how to collect information and how to mobilize suraki. Former Colonel Rayamazhi said that the participants were taught learning methods such as information collection methods, suraki deployment, how to prevent crime by deploying suraki. During the training, SSP Praveen Pokharel of Nepal Police taught the participants how to control wildlife crime and arrest criminals by deploying Suraki.

According to the Wildlife Crime Control Order-2080, there will be a National Wildlife Crime Control Coordinating Committee under the chairmanship of the Minister of Forests and Environment. Likewise, Conservation Officer Pokharel informed that there is a Central Wildlife Crime Control Unit under the coordination of the Director General of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department, a Provincial Wildlife Crime Control Unit and a District Wildlife Crime Control Unit under the coordination of the Provincial Secretary of the respective provincial ministries that look after forest areas in the province.