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Strengthening local capacity for human-tiger conflict management in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

The purpose of this project is to maintain and gradually increase the number and survival of tigers in Chitwan National Park (CNP). The project will upgrade rescue team to capture and rescue or radio collar stray tigers and other carnivores as necessary, develop an action selection framework for human-carnivore conflict in CNP, establish web based human-wildlife conflict database with graphics and visual maps, make buffer zone communities more responsible for human-tiger conflict management through capacity building and awareness, pilot preventive measures to minimize loss from tigers, generate scientific information about stray tigers living in the fringe areas to understand and predict the behavior of these animals, and provide suppor to the families of wildlife conflict victims.