New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Summary The IUCN-TRAFFIC report commends India and Nepal for their enhanced monitoring and surveillance efforts, which have significantly curbed rhino poaching.

The report highlights Nepal's legal actions against poachers and notes the steady growth in rhino populations, emphasizing the success of focused protection strategies in South Asia.

A report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and TRAFFIC has credited 'strengthened monitoring and surveillance' as having protected India and Nepal's rhinos from the scourge of poaching.

The report particularly highlighted Nepalese convictions of individuals involved in poaching, even as it praised the gains made in South Asia vis-a-vis rhino conservat...