Guwahati, Sept. 7: The army has signed an MoU with the WWF to prepare a joint action plan for conservation of forests and wildlife in western Arunachal Pradesh.

The MoU was signed by Maj. Gen. D. S. Sidhu, GOC 5 Mountain Division, and Sejal Worah, programme director of WWF-India, at a function at Tenga in Arunachal Pradesh .

“It is a giant step for WWF. For the first time a formal relationship has been established with the Indian Army for eco-conservation,” Worah said.

He said the relationship between the army and the WWF would go a long way in protecting the fragile ecology in the region.