STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI: The "Manas Tigers Team", a mobile patrol team has won the prestigious International Ranger Award (IRA), 2021 for its unique to save tigers and increase the animal's population. The IRA is developed collaboratively between the IUCN, WCPA, the International Ranger Federation, Global Wildlife Conservation, and Conservation Allies, which was created in 2020, with an aim to highlight and felicitate the extraordinary work that rangers do in protected and conserved areas worldwide. In 2021, ten outstanding winners were selected from among 113 nominations across 43 countries. These nominations spanned 630 rangers: 68 individual nominations and 45 team nominations. In addition, 19 rangers and teams from around the world, which included the Manas Tiger mobile patrol team, have been recognised with special commendations for their contributions to protected and conserved areas. All the winners are rangers in protected and conserved areas and are residents of the countries in which they work.