"While there are 13 countries with a naturally occurring tiger population, with India hosting more than half of the world's wild tiger population, the country has become a popular site for spotting this magnificent beast in the wild. While in certain areas tiger density can be as high as one for every 10sq km, in Russia forest officers may sometimes go a considerably long duration or even their entire career without actually seeing a tiger in the wild, given the sparse population in the ranges," said J K Kishwan, chief of conservation, WTI.
Having started in 2005, 14 Russian forest officials have visited India so far under the programme which has always concentrated on giving the officers a compact training on the conservation of this species. This year as well, as part of the training and capacity building programme a workshop is being held in Panna tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh where officials will be oriented on basic management practices of monitoring tigers in one of the more high density ranges of the country.
The officials will be accompanied by Skripnik Tatiana (deputy director of department of RosPrirod Nadzor) and Dr Anna Fillippova (Campaigner, IFAW-Russia) during their journey, where they will also be interacting with representatives from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) Secretariat and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB).
Dr Fillippova commented on the training saying, "Such trainings are very crucial and help the officials become more devoted to the cause. It forms an excellent basis for the Russian rangers, who're some of the best the country has to offer, to learn about the different modes and methods being applied for conservation, expanding their horizon and in turn improving conservation efforts in Russia."
Kishwan elaborated on the choosing Panna as the location of the orientation saying, "After the entire population was eradicated from the area in 2009, this area has had an extremely successful reintroduction programme which has now become a globally acclaimed and renowned model and will serve well for practical exposure in this field. With wild tiger numbers dwindling at an alarming rate nationally and globally such workshop and training efforts go a long way in helping the field of tiger conservation."
Dr Aniruddha Majumder, technical officer for the GTF from WTI, commented on the visit saying, "Such interactions form an excellent basis for exchanging valuable information from both sides where both countries stand to benefit from each other's experiences on multi-fold levels - practical, theoretical as well as in policy level. Formed under an aegis of the ministry of external affairs (MEA), the sub-group formed between the countries has for almost a decade now contributed significantly, enhancing each others' knowledge base."
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