A tiger census is conducted every four years. The National Parks Department estimates that the cost of conducting a tiger census across the country will be Rs 30 million.
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This year, for the first time, tiger census will be conducted in five blocks, including one additional one.
The National Trust for Nature Conservation, Bardiya, has stated that five blocks will be set up, two each in Banke and Bardiya National Parks and one more in Dang. Ajit Tumphahamphe, the Bardiya chief of the trust, said that an additional block will be set up since some part of Dang falls in Banke National Park.
A tiger census will be conducted in Bardiya National Park from the first week of December. The cameras for the tiger census will arrive from Kathmandu by Saturday evening, said Tumphahamphe, the chief of the trust. The Bardiya National Park has stated that the census will be conducted using camera trapping technology. About 450 cameras will be required in Banke, Dang, Bardiya National Parks and surrounding areas. The tiger census will be held in Chitwan-Parsa, Banke, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta National Parks and Laljhari Complex, according to the National Parks Department. The census will be conducted simultaneously in blocks in Banke, Bardiya and Dang.
Tigers are counted every four years in the park. A joint technical team from the National Parks and Wildlife Department, the World Wildlife Fund, and the National Trust for Nature Conservation will conduct the count with the help of camera trapping. Apart from the park, tigers will be counted in the Khata Biological Trail and surrounding areas. Ashok Ram, the head of Bardiya Park, said that training will be given to the technical team deployed for the tiger count from the last week of Mangsir.
The National Parks Department estimates that the cost of the tiger count across the country will be Rs 30 million. About a hundred years ago, the number of tigers in the world was around 100,000. A decade ago, the number of tigers was limited to 3,200, and a meeting held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in November 2010 decided to double its number in the world. Accordingly, Nepal has succeeded in doubling the number of tigers.
In the count conducted in Bardiya eight years ago, there were 87 tigers. Four years ago, it reached 125. The National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2029 lists the tiger as a protected wildlife species.
