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| India
to train forest officials from 14 countries to end
tiger poaching |
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| Indian people
will be provided skills to take to their homes and
train others to educate on saving tigers. Wildlife
officials from India, Cambodia, China, Indonesia
and Nepal participated in the first meeting of a
task force set up by CITES to save tigers. The training
will begin later this year with the precise dates
yet to be decided. |
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| The population
of tigers has plummeted from more than 100,000 in
the 19th century to 5,000-7,000 across India, Russia,
China and Southeast Asia, CITES said. The participants
said the dearth of information, resources, and training
for enforcement officials have been a major hurdle
in controlling tiger poaching. 'In some countries,
there is no count or formal data on tiger poaching
and the forest staff understandably have not received
any police or investigative skills to deal with
organized crime like poaching. |
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| The CITES
task force analyzed available data on poaching and
provided guidelines for fighting tiger poaching.
The forest officials from 14 tiger range nations
will be trained at the Indian National Police Academy
in Hyderabad, the capital of southern Andhra Pradesh
state. Tiger hunting is illegal worldwide, and international
trade in tigers and tiger products is banned under
CITES, but a black market in tigers and tiger parts
for decoration or traditional medicines still thrives. |
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| Enforcement
officials, including forest guards, in many countries
are ill equipped and underpaid, and anti-poaching
programs are poorly coordinated. Forest guards patrol
without radios, modern weapons and decent vehicles
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