Save the wild
the Union minister for environment and forests, Saifuddin Soz, has sought support from developed countries and non-governmental organisations for strengthening the on-going conservation efforts in the country. Speaking at the Third General Assembly of the Asian Conservation Alliance, he cautioned that human greed can always devise ingenious methods for poaching and smuggling of endangered species. Such markets are flourishing across the border and in the developed world.
Several wildlife experts from Japan, Thailand, Russia, Taiwan, South Korea and India attended the meet. They discussed ways to stop illegal trade, parti-cularly in tiger parts, ivory, rhino and bear bile. Almost all the illegal wildlife trade in India