Commemorating World Rhino Day on September 22, environmental authorities and wildlife biologists in Assam unveiled comprehensive proposals to establish a formal transboundary conservation corridor between India and Bhutan. The initiative seeks to harmonize wildlife protection frameworks as the expanding greater one-horned rhinoceros population in Manas National Park frequently migrates into contiguous protected habitats across the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan.
Assam forest department officials highlighted that decades of intensive habitat restoration, community patrol partnerships, and aggressive anti-poaching measures have stabilized rhino populations across the sensitive landscape. Establishing synchronized ecological protocols would enable cross-border forest guards to coordinate patrolling shifts, exchange intelligence on illicit wildlife trafficking cartels, and maintain contiguous grassland ecosystems.
Biodiversity specialists noted that seamless transborder coordination is indispensable to counter habitat fragmentation resulting from seasonal monsoon flooding and human settlements. Environmental ministries in New Delhi and Thimphu are currently reviewing draft memoranda of understanding to operationalize joint wildlife telemetry tracking and veterinary medical assistance teams.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/world-rhino-day-focus-on-india-bhutan-joint-conservation/article71496029.ece