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India and Nepal share a peaceful border and now tigers are benefiting from wildlife corridors that cross the India-Nepal border. In a report sponsored by WWF, India and Nepal,
"Tigers of the Terai Arc Landscape" camera traps revealed 239 separate tigers across an area of more than 2000 square miles during the period November 2012 to June 2013. This pictorial evidence confirms tigers are using three forested wildlife corridors that link important protected areas on both sides of the international border. Individual tigers were matched with Nepal's Chitwan National Park and adjacent Valmiki Tiger Reserve, India, Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Nepal and adjacent Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in India. The good news was presented at a meeting of tiger range countries working towards doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022. Terai Arc landscape was hailed by WWF as "the best example that landscape-level conservation can result in dramatic recoveries for tigers". The meeting, hosted by Bangladesh, brought together 140 tiger experts from 20 countries to make reccomendations for future conservation action.