Village Tiger Response Team

 · Shared by : Tommy Gaillard
 · Last update : 20 July 2020
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The Village Tiger Response Team (VTRT) is a community driven mechanism. Their main roles are to manage the Human - Tiger interactions issues inside village and to provide data on a regular basis to manage the WildTeam’s Human-Tiger Conflict (HTC) database. But over the time they became involved with different kind of commplementary activities like social awareness, the compensation support for tiger victims and their families. VTRTs also take part in inside forest HTC management like retrieve the dead or injured human body and livestock.

To manage any emergency stray tiger situation, they coordinate with WildTeam, Bangladesh Forest Department, local administrative bodies and other local influencers.

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Communication, information and awareness
Compensation measures
Data collection and methodology
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Tiger
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Human safety
Human well-being
Livestock
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Bangladesh
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https://www.iucn.org/content/success-story-sundarbans-tiger-project
https://www.equatorinitiative.org/2020/04/24/solution10986/
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