Jammu, Nov 5, Nov. 6 -- Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Altaf Ahmad Wani, on Thursday called for intensified efforts to protect Jammu and Kashmir's rich biodiversity, stressing that conservation was a collective responsibility of the government and the people. The Minister was speaking at a review meeting of the Wildlife Protection Department and J&K Forest Research Institute (JKFRI) at the PCCF/HoFF office in Jammu.Wani said Jammu and Kashmir was home to rare wildlife species, emphasising that the Hangul, found nowhere else in the world, was a symbol of the region's natural heritage. He directed the department to take up its conservation on a mission-mode basis through scientific monit...