Cooperation Of All Parties Need To Combat Illegal Wildlife Trade - Minister

DENGKIL, March 15 (Bernama) -- The cooperation all parties is needed to protect and prevent the illegal trade of wildlife in the country, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Douglas Uggah Embas. He said the goverment had many programme and legal framework to combat this problem but still needed cooperation from various parties in the country. "We need support and the cooperation of everyone in this country to assist us to fight illegal wildlife trade. The Malaysian goverment is very concerned about this issue," he told reporters after launching the 'Where's My Mama 2.0' Awareness Campaign On Illegal Wildlife Trade, here Thursday. Douglas said the goverment also wanted the people, Non-Governmental Organitation (NGOs) and the private sector to play an active role in combat illegal trade of wildlife. He said this was the wildlife department had limited resources to combat the menace. -- BERNAMA