UNB, Bagerhat :
The last phase of tiger census using ‘pugmark (footprint)’ method began in the Sundarbans on Thursday.
Two teams of 18 trained workers have started the ‘sign survey’ work after identifying two areas as tiger zones. They will collect the pugmarks from the entire Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans.
Sources said at least 150 points, each of 25 square kilometers, have been identified for collecting the pugmarks of tigers.
The two teams started collecting pugmarks from rivers, canals, chars in Dubla and Haldibunia areas under the Sundarbans East Zone. Two more teams of trained workers will join the work on March 1.
The exact number of tigers will be determined after examining both the pictures captured using ‘camera trapping method’ and the pugmarks, said the project officials.
Earlier in the second phase, the project workers collected the pictures of tigers using camera-trapping method that had begun on November 11, 2014.
A team of workers, led by Dipanjan Nahar, a scientist of Wild Life Institute of India conducted the work after dividing the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans into three blocks, said Jahidul Kabir, a Coordinator of Camera Trapping Project.
The last phase of tiger census using ‘pugmark (footprint)’ method began in the Sundarbans on Thursday.
Two teams of 18 trained workers have started the ‘sign survey’ work after identifying two areas as tiger zones. They will collect the pugmarks from the entire Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans.
Sources said at least 150 points, each of 25 square kilometers, have been identified for collecting the pugmarks of tigers.
The two teams started collecting pugmarks from rivers, canals, chars in Dubla and Haldibunia areas under the Sundarbans East Zone. Two more teams of trained workers will join the work on March 1.
The exact number of tigers will be determined after examining both the pictures captured using ‘camera trapping method’ and the pugmarks, said the project officials.
Earlier in the second phase, the project workers collected the pictures of tigers using camera-trapping method that had begun on November 11, 2014.
A team of workers, led by Dipanjan Nahar, a scientist of Wild Life Institute of India conducted the work after dividing the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans into three blocks, said Jahidul Kabir, a Coordinator of Camera Trapping Project.
