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| Reza, A.H.M.A.; Chowdhury, M.M.; Santiapillai, C. | |
| Tiger conservation in Bangladesh | |
| 2000 Tiger Paper (27): 5 | |
In Bangladesh, the Royal Bengal tiger (_Panthera tigris)_ occurs today only in the Sundarbans mangrove forests and nowhere else, not even in the Dhaka Zoo. As such, the Sundarbans represents the last refuge of the tiger in Bangladesh. While the tiger's plight has received worldwide attention as a consequence a : of the dramatic increase in the use of tiger parts in traditional Chinese medicine and the lucrative trade in its skin, which still fetches over US$3,000 a piece, little has been done to protect and manage the tiger in the Sundarbans along a sound, scientific basis in order to ensure its long-term survival. As the Sundarbans is shared by both India and Bangladesh, any cooperative management of the mangrove forests by these two range states would greatly enhance the survival of the tiger. Furthermore, the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in India is estimated to have the largest tiger population in India, thereby ensuring the availability of a large gene pool for the population in adjoining Bangladesh to negate the effects of any inbreeding. The tiger's survival hinges ultimately on the people who live in the periphery of the Sundarbans, and on how they can provide for its needs under ever increasing pressure. |
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