India: PM admits lack of funds for "voluntary and fair" relocation of communities out of PAs
New Delhi: Viewing poaching with cross-border linkages as a "major problem" to wildlife conservation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked intelligence and enforcement agencies to coordinate better to break the nexus between those involved in the illegal activity and their markets.
He noted the criticality of "voluntary and fair" relocation of settlements in protected areas for wildlife conservation but admitted that lack of adequate funds for such purposes is an "issue" and needed to be discussed with states.