Kathmandu: Nepal has nearly tripled its wild tiger population, officials announced on Friday. Himalaya The country’s efforts to help bring the big cats back from extinction.
Deforestation, human encroachment on habitats and poaching have devastated the tiger population. AsiaBut Nepal and 12 other countries signed a pledge in 2010 to double their numbers by this year.
The Himalayan Republic is the only country to have met or exceeded the target and a survey in 2022 counted 355 fauna, up from about 121 in 2009.
Unveiling the figures in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said, “We have succeeded in meeting an ambitious target. I thank all those involved in the conservation of tigers.”
Conservationists surveyed populations with thousands of motion-sensitive cameras in Nepal’s southern plains, where majestic predators roam.
Wildlife experts combed through thousands of images to identify individual animals by their unique stripes.
However, the country’s internationally acclaimed efforts to increase tiger numbers have had a negative impact on some communities living near their habitats.
According to government data, at least 16 people have been killed in tiger attacks in the past one year.
More than 100,000 tigers roamed the world at the turn of the 20th century, but in 2010 that number dropped to 3,200.
The 2010 tiger conservation plan signed by Nepal has the support of many celebrities including the actor Leonardo Dicaprio,
The plan quickly began to bear fruit, and in 2016 World Wildlife Fund And this Global Tiger Forum announced that the wild tiger population has increased for the first time in more than a century.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWFNepal’s representative Ghana Gurung said the country’s achievement has set the benchmark for tiger conservation globally, but has also given rise to new challenges.
“The challenge now is to manage it and manage the tiger-human conflict. We need to take an integrated approach to reduce the problems,” he told AFP.
Deforestation, human encroachment on habitats and poaching have devastated the tiger population. AsiaBut Nepal and 12 other countries signed a pledge in 2010 to double their numbers by this year.
The Himalayan Republic is the only country to have met or exceeded the target and a survey in 2022 counted 355 fauna, up from about 121 in 2009.
Unveiling the figures in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said, “We have succeeded in meeting an ambitious target. I thank all those involved in the conservation of tigers.”
Conservationists surveyed populations with thousands of motion-sensitive cameras in Nepal’s southern plains, where majestic predators roam.
Wildlife experts combed through thousands of images to identify individual animals by their unique stripes.
However, the country’s internationally acclaimed efforts to increase tiger numbers have had a negative impact on some communities living near their habitats.
According to government data, at least 16 people have been killed in tiger attacks in the past one year.
More than 100,000 tigers roamed the world at the turn of the 20th century, but in 2010 that number dropped to 3,200.
The 2010 tiger conservation plan signed by Nepal has the support of many celebrities including the actor Leonardo Dicaprio,
The plan quickly began to bear fruit, and in 2016 World Wildlife Fund And this Global Tiger Forum announced that the wild tiger population has increased for the first time in more than a century.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWFNepal’s representative Ghana Gurung said the country’s achievement has set the benchmark for tiger conservation globally, but has also given rise to new challenges.
“The challenge now is to manage it and manage the tiger-human conflict. We need to take an integrated approach to reduce the problems,” he told AFP.