Overview
- The Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation is leading the effort with support from NTNC, WWF Nepal, the Nepali Army and local community groups.
- Camera deployments target Chitwan, Banke, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta, with some reports also listing Parsa.
- Accounts differ on the scale of equipment, with reports citing either around 1,100 cameras or more than 2,300.
- Fieldwork is planned to take roughly two-and-a-half to three months with an estimated budget of about NPR 30 million.
- The assessment builds on a 2022 count of 355 tigers and will inform decisions on habitat, prey availability and human–tiger conflict management.