A committee headed by Mihir Kumar, Conservator of Forests of Khulna Region, has been formed to assess the loss of biodiversity in the wake of the Sundarbans fire.
Divisional Forest Officer of Khulna Management Planning Department has been made member-secretary of the committee.
The Forest Department announced the committee on Monday (6 May) following fire at Sundarbans.
Other members of the committee are representatives of the Department of Environment; Divisional Forest Officer, Bagerhat, Sundarbans East Forest Division; Dr. S. M Feroz, Professor of Forestry and Wood Technology discipline of Khulna University; Dr. Swapan Kumar Sarker, Mangrove Ecologist of Aranyak Foundation and Professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet and representative of Wildlife Conservation Society.
The committee has been asked to submit a detailed report within the next 10 working days.
It was asked to assess the damage to forest resources and biodiversity and making recommendations about the next steps to be taken.
