The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), under its Wildlife Management Authority (WMA), today held its National Stakeholders Consultation on the final draft of the Wildlife Import and Export Bill, which is expected to be tabled in the National Assembly by Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman in October.
A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the WMA, which falls under the purview of the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, arranged the event with the aim of revising the Wildlife Import and Export Bill, which is intended to create a national framework and mechanisms for governing wildlife management and conservation here.
The event was held at the Grand Coastal Inn and was attended by the Minister of Governance with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Permanent Secretary of the NRE, Joslyn McKenzie, Advisor on Sustainable Development at NRE, Clayton Hall, Head of the Wildlife Division, Alona Sankar, Wildlife Protection activist, Annette Arjoon-Martins and Consultant for the Department, Teni Housty.
