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High-tech caravan to propel two-year national campaign to save tigers, Sundarbans
A high-tech TigerCaravan will be rolled out to propel mass awareness campaign about conservation of critically endangered Royal Bengal Tigers and their habitat, the Sundarbans.
Published : 3 Feb 2016, 10:52 AM
Updated : 3 Feb 2016, 10:52 AM
The two-year-long National Tiger Awareness Campaign will be inaugurated by Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju on Feb 11 in Dhaka.
The organisers at a press conference on Wednesday said the campaign would be launched after a “forum discussion” titled ‘TigerTalk’ at the auditorium.
A series of cultural events, including art competitions and exhibitions, and a folk music concert will be organised at the Dhaka University’s Institute of Fine Arts on the second day of the two-day launching event.
The campaign will be held under the theme “Tiger is our pride- we shall protect tiger.”
General people, young generation, communities, policymakers, partners, and stakeholders will be incorporated in the campaign to forge a strong national commitment, and catalyse this into actions to support tiger conservation, the organisers of the event said at the press conference.
As part of the awareness drive, the caravan will visit 100 strategic locations throughout the country to educate people about conservation issues related to the tiger and the Sundarbans through mobile exhibitions, street theatres, and social media activities.
The campaign is a part of United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) 'Bagh Activity', a four-year project that aims to strengthen local and international efforts to safeguard the mangrove ecosystem in the Sundarbans and Bangladesh’s flagship species.
USAID has partnered with the government to protect wild tigers in Bangladesh through this project.
An NGO, WildTeam, is implementing the project in close collaboration with the forest department with support from Smithsonian Institution and Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS).
The WildTeam has been working to protect Bangladesh’s biodiversity since 2003.
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