Rhino Conservation
- December 4, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Rhino Conservation
Subject: Environment
Context: Alien invasive plant species become a bigger threat than poachers across rhino habitats in India and Nepal.
Content:
- One horned rhino was about a dozen when Kaziranga became a protected area in 1905.
- According to the State of Rhino Report 2022, the poor sighted herbivore’s number in Kaziranga is an estimated 2,613, more than 65% of its total population of 4,014 across 11 habitats in India and Nepal. A decade ago, the rhino’s population in these domains was 2,454.
- However, the antipoaching mechanism in India and Nepal with more manpower, capacity building of frontline staff and equipping forest guards have helped protect the rhino.
- Also, the sentiments of local peopleattached to the rhino have been a factor in the sharp drop in the number of rhinos killed, from 54 in 2013 and 2014 to one each in 2021 and 2022.
To know more about Rhino & Kaziranga NP, refer: https://optimizeias.com/rhinos/