Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- As the year of the pandemic drew to a close, WildTeam, the action-oriented conservation group, hosted a British delegation on a tour of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.

Touching through Joymoni, Chandpai, Mongla, Bagerhat, the main purpose of the four-day visit (December 27-30) was to showcase WildTeam's pioneering work in the field of tiger conservation, that has earned it international recognition. More importantly, the work may have contributed to at least halting the disappearance of the majestic Royal Bengal Tiger, a storied creature of Britain's former empire that has been on the IUCN's 'critically endangered' list for a long time now.

The number of Bengal tigers in the Bangladesh part of the S...