150 trained enumerators have been deployed for the tiger census.
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The tiger census, which began on December 30, is ongoing in Chitwan National Park. The census is being conducted in Chitwan and Parsa National Parks as a block, and the first part of the census has been completed.
According to the park's information officer Avinash Thapa Magar, the work of removing the cameras has begun after completing the first part of the census. 'The work of raising the cameras has started from Saturday. The work of raising the cameras of the first part will be completed by Monday,' he said. 150 enumerators trained on Poush 1 and 2 are deployed for the census.
The information officer Magar informed that the Barandabhar area was made into the first part of the census through Triveni, Amaltari, Kasara. According to him, 286 grids have been made in this area under the first part. After raising the cameras, the second part will be started by installing the cameras.
The park's information officer Magar said that the enumerators will be deployed in 13 camps in the second part. Under this section, cameras will be installed in the area from Sauraha, Khagendramalli, Lothar Pratappur, Bote Simara, Swameshwor, Bagai, Ambuwa to Sikari Bas.
'That section will be divided into 336 grids and tigers will be counted,' he said, 'A pair of automatic cameras will be placed in each grid.' According to Thapa, tigers will be counted by placing cameras in each section for two weeks.
Tigers are being counted by making 958 grids in the Chitwan-Parsa block. This means that a two-square-kilometer area is being counted by making one grid. Similarly, tigers are also being counted in Banke, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta National Parks, which have tigers.
Information Officer Magar said that the tiger count will be taken in three months. Tigers are counted every four years. Park staff, technicians from the National Trust for Nature Conservation, local volunteers, students and conservation partners have participated in the census. He informed that a technical camp for the census has been set up in the middle of the grids.
The enumerators will monitor the cameras placed in grids of eight to twelve according to geography daily, said Information Officer Magar. 'The study will begin after the cameras are removed from the grid. During the tiger census, automatic cameras will be placed in places where tigers move around more.' Those cameras will take photos of the tigers, he said.
He said that the number will be allocated based on the spots on their bodies by looking at the photos of the tigers. Each tiger's spots are different. 'The first complex (area) is this, while the second complex has been built for Banke and Bardiya National Parks. There will also be three blocks inside it. The third complex will be Shuklaphanta National Park and Laljhandi. It will be made into a single block,' he said.
Earlier, in the 2022 tiger census, data was made public that there were 355 adult tigers in Nepal. In that census, 128 tigers were found in Chitwan, 125 in Bardiya National Park, 25 in Banke National Park, 41 in Parsa and 36 in Shuklaphanta.
