Nepal Tiger Trust (NTT) technicians play a crucial role in training the next generation of field staff. On December 29, 2024, Chitwan Park warden Mr. Divesh Shrestha invited our technicians as instructors for training new game scouts. Our senior technicians, Mr. Baburam Mahato and Mr. Raju Kumal, pr...
Tigers were photographed shortly after initiating camera trapping in the Daunne Devi Buffer Zone and its associated community forests, including Madar Baba. Within a week of setting up the camera traps, both male and female tigers were captured on camera in Madar Baba Community Forests. The approach...
The Nepal Tiger Trust has initiated camera trapping in the Daunne Devi Buffer Zone, located in the westernmost end of Chitwan National Park in the Parasi District. Having completed the task in Block One, the focus has now shifted to Block Four, encompassing the Daunne Devi Buffer Zone and four commu...
When a wild tiger grabs a camera trap, it is often showcasing its natural curiosity and territorial behavior. Tigers, being apex predators, are highly inquisitive about new objects in their environment. On November 24, 2024, a young male tiger grabbed a camera trap placed on a stump, carried it abou...
The tiger monitoring project using camera trapping has resumed as of November 18, 2024, nearly two months after being paused. The initial phase began on September 18, 2024, but operations were halted due to heavy flooding on September 28, 2024. The flooding damaged 12 cameras in the field sites and ...
Figure 1: Meghauli Community forest entrance gate flooded
Camera trapping is a powerful tool for wildlife monitoring and conservation, but it comes with several challenges, including environmental factors. Here, we encountered specific flooding issues at our camera trapping site in Chitwan. Bel...