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Implement a community based effective and procative human-tiger conflict mitigation programs, Bardia National Park, Nepal.

The purpose of this project is to mitigate tiger human conflict through provision of predator proof corral houses; providing skills training to families that have suffered from tiger human conflict; and raising awareness among communities located adjacent to the park so they may live in greater harmony with big cats. This will be done by: (1) carrying out human wildlife conflict assessments in the buffer zone of the park and maintaining a database for use in identifying communities to be addressed by the project; (2) selecting farmers who have lost livestock due to leopard/tiger conflict and assisting them in replacing their corral houses with predator proof houses (175 such houses to be constructed); (3) providing cooking skills training to family members of families that have lost members due to tiger attacks and assisting them in obtaining employment in local hotels; and (4) carrying out a conservation education program for local school children, youth groups and community members to increase their knowledge and understanding and engagement in tiger conservation.