World Rhino Day: India-Bhutan joint conservation in focus
On World Rhino Day, conservation efforts focused on India-Bhutan joint protection of the greater one-horned rhino. A translocation programme lifted the rhino population in the Manas Tiger Reserve from zero to 48 over 20 years. However, increasing movement of the herbivore across the India-Bhutan international border has raised fresh conservation and management concerns for authorities on both sides.
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Environment/species-conservation theme tying a protected area to transboundary cooperation.
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- Observed on World Rhino Day, focusing on India-Bhutan joint conservation.
- Translocation raised Manas Tiger Reserve rhino numbers from zero to 48 in 20 years.
- Cross-border movement of the one-horned rhino has raised new concerns.
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