Threats:
Major threat to forest come from organized gangsterism in the field
of timber smuggling and poaching. Areas are also vulnerable to organized
gangsterism in the field of timber. Poaching of wildlife is also
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Protection:
The problem is tackled, by and large, over a major part of forested
tract by formation of Forest Protection Committees. Protection is
provided through intensive patrolling by protective personnel.Most
of such areas have been brought under RT Network and protective
personnel have been provided with some arms and ammunitions and
vehicles for quick mobility. State Armed Police force have been
deployed in different camps of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch
Behar Districts and in Sunderbans to assist protection of forests
and wildlife reserves in the state.
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