A.
ONGOING
- Training of Tiger Range States personnel in
- 9 months postgraduate diploma course in Wildlife Institute of India
for officers.
- 3 months certificate course on wildlife management in Wildlife
Institute of India - for rangers and equivalent.
- 10 months postgraduate diploma course on remote sensing
applications to forest & eco-system management at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing.
(Dehradun)
- 4 months certificate course on GIS applications in forest
management at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. (Dehradun)
- Publication
of six monthly newsletter.
B.TAKEN IN HAND
- Building a baseline data on distribution & estimated
population of tiger at the beginning of the millennium.
- Updating of tiger action plan giving physical &
financial details & prioritization of types of works.
- Promotion of protocols to protect tiger in
transboundary areas giving init
 ial priority to the following areas
- Royal Chitwan/Valmiki/Parsa and Bardia/Sohelwa.
- Sundarbans
- The May-U range and Chin Hills
- Royal Manas and Phipsoo
- Follow up of CITIES decision to eradicate the trade in
tiger products & where necessary dispose of the existing stockpile.
- Participation in Key International conventions to raise
awareness & promote actions in International community regarding tiger conservation.
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