Why in news?
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Representatives of Asian countries says, International boundaries will not come in the way of conservation of rhinos, where the one-horned herbivore thrives.
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Asian wildlife protection experts place emphasis on expanding the species’ domain to boost population.
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2nd meeting of the Asian rhino range countries:
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New Delhi declaration underscored trans-boundary collaboration among India, Nepal, and Bhutan for the conservation and protection of the greater one-horned rhino.
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There are no rhinos in Bhutan, but some from the Manas National Park in adjoining Assam or Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal are known to cross over occasionally.
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Emphasis was also laid on expanding rhino domains within a country or between rhino range countries.
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Making the best use of all available individuals and technologies to accelerate natural and conservation breeding of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino.
About rhinos:
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current global population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros is 3,584.
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Assam’s Kaziranga National Park has the bulk of 2,938 rhinos in India while Nepal 646.
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Sumatran Rhino: The smallest of all rhino species and the only Asian rhino with two horns, became extinct in the wild in Malaysia.
Way forward:
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The strengths of field ecology expertise of Nepal and protection infrastructure techniques of India need to be shared
Source
The Hindu.