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tigers and other wildlife internationally. In
October 2013, WildTeam became a registered non-government organization in Bangladesh under the NGO Affairs Bureau. WildTeam is made up predominantly of Bangladesh staff, many of whom are from the local areas next to the Sundarbans, and some of whom have lost family members to tiger attacks. In 2011, WildTeam received the Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation, and in 2013 one of WildTeam's staff won the international Future for Nature Award. WildTeam's work is guided by the four core values of celebrating nature, believing in people, being grounded in reality, and acting fearlessly. Another core belief of WildTeam is to use positive/inclusive approaches to celebrate the wildlife we have now and to move towards an even brighter future.
228:(VTRTs), distributed across the village areas bordering the forest. Each VTRT is made up of 5-10 volunteers who elect their own members/leaders and are trained to scare tigers back into the forest, monitor local tiger conflict incidents, and stop other villagers from killing tigers. Since their inception in 2005, the VTRTs have, for the first time in Bangladesh, saved stray tigers by scaring them back into the forest.
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potential effects of sea-level rise on
Sundarbans habitat loss, and a landscape approach to tiger conservation, an action-selection framework for reducing human-tiger conflict, and a threats assessment approach. In terms of social research, WildTeam have carried out a study to investigate the scale of prey poaching, and uncovered local perceptions of human-tiger conflict.
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The UK team focus on building the capacity of organisations and individuals to design and deliver projects that can have a measurable conservation impact. They do this work through specialist one-to-one support, and delivering online and class-based training workshops. The UK team have built capacity
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In 2008, the
Sundarbans Tiger Project merged with the Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh. In 2012 the name was changed to "WildTeam" and the flagship project to "TigerTeam". WildTeam also registered as a charity in England and Wales in 2012, to support the Bangladesh work and to create a base to help save
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In terms of research, WildTeam have carried out the first ever study of tiger home ranges in the
Sundarbans mangrove habitat, the first study of Sundarbans tiger morphology, and the first Sundarbans tiger population monitoring survey. WildTeam have contributed to WWF-lead studies looking at the
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As part of a four phase social marketing campaign, WildTeam is carrying out communication/education activities, designed together with the local
Sundarbans communities. To build national awareness and support for tiger conservation, in 2013 WildTeam organised the Wild Rickshaw Challenge, which
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WildTeam's mission is "carrying out activities to improve the conservation status of key species and habitats in
Bangladesh, and developing partnerships, tools, and platforms to build the capacity of organisations and individuals to carry out effective conservation.".
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Inskip, Chloe; Ridout, Martin; Fahad, Zubair; Tully, Rowan; Barlow, Adam; Barlow, Christina
Greenwood; Islam, Md. Anwar; Roberts, Thomas; MacMillan, Douglas (2013). "Human–Tiger Conflict in Context: Risks to Lives and Livelihoods in the Bangladesh Sundarbans".
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WildTeam follows the vision of the
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Barlow, Adam; Md. Ishtiaq U. Ahmed; Md. Mizanur Rahman; Alam
Howlader; Alexander C. Smith; James L.D. Smith (2008). "Linking monitoring and intervention for improved management of tigers in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh".
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WildTeam's policy and research work has helped the
Bangladesh government to update the Wildlife Act so that there are stiffer penalties for tiger poachers and wildlife-related crime. WildTeam has also worked with the
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The main set of WildTeam alternatives/incentives activities have been focused on empowering local communities to save tigers that stray into their village areas. This has been enabled by the establishment of
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Mohsanin, S.; Barlow, A. C. D.; Greenwood, C. J.; Islam, M. A.; Kabir, M. M.; Rahman, M. M.; Howlader, A. (2013). "Assessing the threat of human consumption of tiger prey in the Bangladesh Sundarbans".
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Loucks, Colby; Barber-Meyer, Shannon; Hossain, Md. Abdullah Abraham; Barlow, Adam; Chowdhury, Ruhul Mohaiman (2009). "Sea level rise and tigers: Predicted impacts to Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangroves".
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Barlow, Adam C. D.; Greenwood, Christina J.; Ahmad, Ishtiaq U.; Smith, James L. D. (Oct 2010). "Use of an Action-Selection Framework for Human-Carnivore Conflict in the Bangladesh Sundarbans".
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