UNB :
The government has approved the “Dolphin Conservation Action Plan” to protect the habitat of dolphins, said Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin.
The plan was approved at a meeting of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change chaired by the minister on Tuesday.
In addition to the “Dolphin Conservation Action Plan”, “Fund Management Guidelines”, “Dolphin Atlas in Bangladesh” and “Management Plan for the Ganges River Dolphin in Halda River” have also been approved subject to some amendments.
Speaking on the occasion, the environment minister said that the “Dolphin Conservation Action Plan” would play an effective role in reducing the decline in the number of dolphins in rivers and coastal areas and in protecting the habitat of dolphins.
