Kathmandu, Dec. 16 -- Nepal on Tuesday officially launched its nationwide tiger census, conducted every four years, deploying around 1,100 advanced camera traps across major tiger habitats in the country.

The scientific exercise is being led by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) under the Ministry of Forests and Environment, in coordination with the Department of Forests and Land Conservation.

Technical and logistical support is being provided by the National Trust for Nature Conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature Nepal, and the Geological Society of Nepal. The Nepali Army, along with buffer zone and community forest users' committees, has also been mobilised for the exercise.

According to the DNPWC, t...