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India’s Indigenous people pay price of tiger conservation
The tiger, on average, is the world’s biggest living cat species. Tigers require large contiguous areas of habitat to support their needs for prey and grow their offspring. After a century of decline, the overall wild tiger population is starting to tick upward through various conservation efforts. It is estimated that around 4,500 tigers remain in the wild now mainly in India, and also in Nepal, Bhutan, Russia, and China, but much more work is needed to protect this species. In fact, because of the aggressive and protective conservation effort in the last 50 years, India is now home to about 3,000 tigers, over 75 percent of the world’s wild tiger population. In the meanwhile, many indigenous people who used to live in the protected areas were displaced in the name of conservation, having lost access to natural resources and traditional assets in the area. Indeed, the tiger is endangered species but those indigenous peoples are also vulnerable to changes in the environment. Conservation efforts shouldn’t be limited to only wildlife animals.
Enjoy reading the article about India’s tiger conservation efforts and side effects.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/9/indias-indigenous-people-pay-price-of-tiger-conservation
India’s Indigenous people pay price of tiger conservation
The tiger, on average, is the world’s biggest living cat species. Tigers require large contiguous areas of habitat to support their needs for prey and grow their offspring. After a century of decline, the overall wild tiger population is starting to tick upward through various conservation efforts. It is estimated that around 4,500 tigers remain in the wild now mainly in India, and also in Nepal, Bhutan, Russia, and China, but much more work is needed to protect this species. In fact, because of the aggressive and protective conservation effort in the last 50 years, India is now home to about 3,000 tigers, over 75 percent of the world’s wild tiger population. In the meanwhile, many indigenous people who used to live in the protected areas were displaced in the name of conservation, having lost access to natural resources and traditional assets in the area. Indeed, the tiger is endangered species but those indigenous peoples are also vulnerable to changes in the environment. Conservation efforts shouldn’t be limited to only wildlife animals.
Enjoy reading the article about India’s tiger conservation efforts and side effects.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/9/indias-indigenous-people-pay-price-of-tiger-conservation
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