The cameras taken from here will now be used in the Shuklaphanta-Laljhandi complex for the final phase of tiger census.
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The tiger census has been completed in the Chitwan-Parsa Complex. The cameras installed for the tiger census three weeks ago in the third block of this complex were removed on Thursday, informed Hemraj Acharya, Conservation Officer of the Chitwan National Park.
Acharya said that the tiger census was completed by dividing the Chitwan-Parsa complex into three blocks. The tiger census was started in this complex from December 1. In the final phase, cameras were installed simultaneously in some areas under the Parsa National Park Office, West and East, Parsa, Bara and Makwanpur Division Forest Offices.
The ‘camera trap method’ was used for the tiger census. This time, the park and a large forest area outside the park where tigers were found were included for the census.
Twelve camps were set up to install cameras for the tiger census. The 12 camps were set up in Sheetalpur, Bhatha, Mahadevpatti, Amlekhgunj, Churiyamai, Ratomate, Sahajnath, Nijgadh, Chapur, Tamagadhi and Ghodemsan. There were only two camps in Bhatha and 1/1 camp in all other places. Seven dozen manpower were deployed in all the camps in a technical team of 7 people.
A pair of cameras were installed every two square kilometers for the tiger census. In this way, about 600 cameras were used for the tiger census. The cameras were installed at a height of 40 to 60 centimeters from the ground and at a distance of 6 to 8 meters. Since those cameras could not cover the entire block at once, the cameras were spread out in two stages for the tiger census.
The tiger census, which is conducted every four years, was conducted with the support of the Wildlife Department, National Trust for Nature Conservation, WWF Nepal and ZSL Nepal, and with the cooperation of stakeholders including the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Division Forest Office and others. In the census four years ago, 355 adult tigers were counted across Nepal, including 41 in Parsa National Park, 128 in Chitwan National Park, and 125 in Bardiya National Park.
Unlike the previous tiger census, Acharya said that the cameras were not damaged much in this census. The cameras removed from the Chitwan-Parsa complex will now be used in the Shuklaphanta-Laljhandi complex for the final phase of the tiger census.
