New Delhi: Six countries, including Russia and China, have sought India`s help to replicate Project Tiger, one of the most successful conservation programmes running in the country to protect the big cats from extinction. During the first stock-taking conference held in the capital in mid-May to review implementation of the Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP), tiger range countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Russia, Vietnam, Myanmar and China approached India to help them in conserving tigers.
leaving nepal, none of the countries has done any tiger census and no idea about number tigers present in wild.
"india been running one most successful conservation programnes since 1973 range want us to help them replicate it there," said rajesh gopal, member secretary, national authority (ntca).
he india would support future programme action other countries.
"such cooperation will give an opportunity come centrestage out with a atlas world," gopal. besides, can monitoring electronic surveillance reserves, training building field officers>