People - Animal Conflicts
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal felling of trees within the Badapari Demarcated Protected Forest (DPF), Khordha district, Odisha, 15/05/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …Human leopard conflict management guidelines
Human-leopard conflict is a complex issue influenced by political and social attitudes, the biology of the species, and management action. Effective management of conflict will have to strike a balance between minimizing serious conflict (attacks on people) and the long-term conservation of the leopard species. Although the leopard is commoner …Leopards in human-dominated areas: A spillover from sustained translocations into nearby forests
In the past decade, many Indian states have reported an increase in leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) populations outside forests, in certain areas, accompanied by a large number of attacks on people. This high density was attributed to declining natural habitats and prey species, and the increased survival of leopards in …Tiger human conflicts: Investigating ecological and sociological issues of tiger conservation in the buffer zone of Chitwan NP
Historically, there was contiguous forest all across the terai region of Nepal and tigers were distributed in high densities. The situation changed during early 1960s because the tiger habitat in the terai was drastically reduced as a result of human resettlement program. The destruction of habitat and fragmentation lead to …Is relocation a viable management option for unwanted animals? The case of the Leopard in India
A raging debate continues between social and wildlife scientists in India on the relocation of people from parks to decrease conflicting interests of wildlife conservation and the local people. The goal of such relocations is to enhance the conservation of threatened species like the tiger. Another facet of the same …Tiger habitat consolidation in Kudremukh
The Western Ghats of India, in which Kudremukh Reserve is a part, is assessed to be one of the 25 hotspots identified for bio-diversity conservation in the world. Kudremukh is also the largest protected wildlife reserve of a wet evergreen shola type of forest in the fragile Western Ghats. Privately …Coexistence and exclusion between humans and monkeys in Japan: Is either really possible?
The Japanese people face a cultural and ecological challenge in seeking a new relationship between themselves and the Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata). Monkeys are a major agricultural pest. Monkey habitat often lies within a short distance from fields and villages, and vice versa, especially in mountainous areas. The idealized solution …Effect of habitat fragmentation on Asian elephant ecology and behaviour patterns in a conflict-prone plantation
In human altered elephant habitats, understanding ecological and behavioural adaptation of elephants is essential to mitigate human-elephant conflict and conservation of elephants. This study on Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) was conducted between April 2004 and May 2005 in the plantation landscape of the Valparai plateau within the Anamalai_Parambikulam Elephant Reserve. …Status and conservation of the Tiger in Uttaranchal, Northern India
The land that is now the state of Uttaranchal has a glorious history in tiger conservation; it was in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (TR)Assessment of resident wellbeing and perceived biodiversity impacts in the Padampur resettlement, Royal Chitwan National Park
Considering peopleFrom tiger conflict to tourism: Social transformation, poverty alleviation and conservation initiative in the Sunderbans
The Sunderbans are perhaps the last true wild frontier of the Indian Subcontinent and conflict between man and animal is quite common. On the initiative both of the Field Director of the Tiger Reserve and WWF India West Bengal State Office several local youth, who before mostly had been poachers, …The man-eating leopard of Uttarkashi
Man eating by leopards has been a major problem in some hilly districts of Uttaranchal particularly since early nineties. This has been a matter of serious concern for Forest Department, politicians, conservationists, scientists and the local people. Wildlife Institute of India has been working on a project to study this …Sundarbans Tiger Project activities and results 2005-2006
The Sundarbans Tiger project is a Bangladesh Forest Department initiative, done in cooperation with the University of Minnesota, that aims to facilitate the effective conservation of wild tigers (Panthera tigris) in Bangladesh.Man and mangroves: A regional framework of interactions in Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary
Mangroves, although have unique ecological characteristics and multifarious uses are in a very much degraded state. In Orissa, except Bhitarkanika, the small patches of mangroves which are available along the coastal track are considered as the relics of a glorious past when thousands hectare of land was covered with mangroves. …Extent of biotic pressure on unprotected sloth bear habitat and human-bear conflict in North Bilaspur forest division
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is one of the widely distributed large mammals in India. At the same time, the sloth bear has suffered as much as other large mammals from human impacts on forested areas. The North Bilaspur Forest Division, Chhattisgarh, which an un-protected area, harbours a large number of …Extent of biotic pressure on unprotected sloth bear habitat and human-bear conflict in North Bilaspur forest division
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is one of the most widely distributed large mammals in India. At the same time, the sloth bear has suffered as much as other large mammals from human impacts on forested areas. The North Bilaspur Forest Division, Chhattisgarh, which is an un-protected area, harbours a large …Kaziranga National Park World Heritage Site: Improving protection and building capacity of staff at Kaziranga National Park
The main objective of this study in Kaziranga National Park (Assam) was two fold: 1) Review of protection strategies and suggestion to enhance their effectiveness and 2) Development of a comprehensive capacity building plan for frontline staff.De-fragmenting nature
The three proclaimed goals of the proposed law,Animal treatment was an alien concept for us
"Our wild carnivore rescue team in Jalgaon was created in the middle of last year. It consists of five membersStudy on human Royal Bengal Tiger interaction of in situ and ex situ in Bangladesh
Study was conducted to gain a better understanding on the impact of tiger attacks on people by tigers from the Sundarbans. From the study, it was observed that the highest number of tiger attacks occurred in Shatkhira and lowest in Khulna range.The Terai Arc landscape in India
The Terai-Duar Savanna Ecoregion is spread over the southern slopes of the Himalayas in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) lies within this ecoregion covering an area of approximately 49,500 sq km in India and Nepal stretching from the Bagmati River in the East to the …