Bagerhat Correspondent :
Under the joint efforts of Bangladesh-India counting of tigers in Sundarban forest will start today ( January 25) and it will continue for a year.
In this connection, a 3-day training course started in Sundarban ‘Tiger Project’ office in Sayajnekhali forest range in the West Bengal, Forest Department, sources added . It was earlier decided that four DFOs (Divisional Forest Officers)-Bashirul-al-Mamun, Mahabubur Rahman, Modinul Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan will participate in the training course from Bangladesh while Robikanta Sinha, Chief Conservator of Forest, West Bengal, Kamar Kureshi, an eminent scientist of the Wild Life Institution of India, Nilranjan Mallik, Field Director of ‘Tiger Project’, West Bengal and some other scholars will participate the training course from Indian side.
Source said that it is for the first time tigers of Sundarban forest will be counted with the joint auspices of India and Bangladesh. The first phase of the counting of tigers will start on January 25 and the installation of cameras of the first phase will start from February 11. The counting will be done in 3 phases. In the first phase the forest will be divided into a number of plots/ areas while the enumerators will be divided into 40 groups. Each group will consist of 4/5 persons.
Previously tigers were counted through marking the footprints of tigers, affixing the radio color with the necks of tigers or trucking the cameras in the forest. But this time there will be some changes. In this respect as many as 1410 cameras will be installed in the forest in 3 phases.
Robikanta Sinha, Chief Conservator of Forest, West Bengal disclosed, tigers were used to be counted previously in the West Bengal in this way every year. But this year tigers will be counted with the joint efforts of India and Bangladesh. Various voluntary organizations including WWF will join the tiger-counting work in order to make it a success. After taking the snaps of both sides of the tiger and colleting more correct information and databases will be sent to the Wild Life Institution for observation. This counting of tigers will continue till the month of next December into 3 phases.
Kamr Kureshi, an eminent scientist of Wild Life Institution of India told, not only the tigers will be counted but also deer and pigs will be counted through the enumerating of tiger this year.
Under the joint efforts of Bangladesh-India counting of tigers in Sundarban forest will start today ( January 25) and it will continue for a year.
In this connection, a 3-day training course started in Sundarban ‘Tiger Project’ office in Sayajnekhali forest range in the West Bengal, Forest Department, sources added . It was earlier decided that four DFOs (Divisional Forest Officers)-Bashirul-al-Mamun, Mahabubur Rahman, Modinul Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan will participate in the training course from Bangladesh while Robikanta Sinha, Chief Conservator of Forest, West Bengal, Kamar Kureshi, an eminent scientist of the Wild Life Institution of India, Nilranjan Mallik, Field Director of ‘Tiger Project’, West Bengal and some other scholars will participate the training course from Indian side.
Source said that it is for the first time tigers of Sundarban forest will be counted with the joint auspices of India and Bangladesh. The first phase of the counting of tigers will start on January 25 and the installation of cameras of the first phase will start from February 11. The counting will be done in 3 phases. In the first phase the forest will be divided into a number of plots/ areas while the enumerators will be divided into 40 groups. Each group will consist of 4/5 persons.
Previously tigers were counted through marking the footprints of tigers, affixing the radio color with the necks of tigers or trucking the cameras in the forest. But this time there will be some changes. In this respect as many as 1410 cameras will be installed in the forest in 3 phases.
Robikanta Sinha, Chief Conservator of Forest, West Bengal disclosed, tigers were used to be counted previously in the West Bengal in this way every year. But this year tigers will be counted with the joint efforts of India and Bangladesh. Various voluntary organizations including WWF will join the tiger-counting work in order to make it a success. After taking the snaps of both sides of the tiger and colleting more correct information and databases will be sent to the Wild Life Institution for observation. This counting of tigers will continue till the month of next December into 3 phases.
Kamr Kureshi, an eminent scientist of Wild Life Institution of India told, not only the tigers will be counted but also deer and pigs will be counted through the enumerating of tiger this year.
