Indepth: Wildlife and People

Sunderbans: a land in limbo

Date: 05/01/2009

The human-tiger conflict continues in the Sunderbans. Inaccessible terrains help the tiger. This latest analytical review of the human-animal conflict by Down to Earth exposes the reality which is outstripping knowledge as well as application.

Report: Sundarbans Tiger Project activities and results 2005-2006

Feature: Study on human Royal Bengal Tiger interaction of in situ and ex situ in Bangladesh

Feature: Sundarbans Tiger Reserve

Website: Sundarban Biosphere Reserve

Recommendations of the national workshop on critical tiger habitats and critical wildlife habitats
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Date: 08/05/2008
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Wildlife (Protection) Rules, 2008
Source: Andaman and Nicobar Administration (Department of Environment and Forests)
Date: 05/05/2008
Healing touch: Health and managment of captive elephants at Kaziranga Elephant festivals
Source: Wildlife Trust of India
Date: 01/01/2008
Attitudes toward consumption and conservation of tigers in China
Source: PLoS ONE
Date: 01/07/2008

People-Animal Conflicts

Consequences of rural biomass extraction for bird communities in an Indian tropical dry forest & role of vegetation structure
There is limited information on the ecological effects of anthropogenic disturbance caused by extractive activities such as grazing and firewood collection. A study was carried out in Sariska Tiger Reserve in India, to investigate the effects of disturbance on forest bird communities.

Wildlife racket through internet
Source: Green Hope
Date: 01/10/2008
Landowner experiences regarding biodiversity outside protected areas in Kenya
Source: Current Conservation
Date: 01/01/2008
Large carnivores and human safety: A review
Source: Ambio
Date: 01/08/2004
Predicting human-carnivore conflict: a spatial model derived from 25 years of data on wolf predation on livestock
Source: Conservation Biology
Date: 01/02/2004
Habitat occupancy by tiger prey species across anthropogenic disturbance regimes in Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India
Source: Wildlife Institute of India
Date: 01/07/1999

Relocation

Parks and poverty: The political ecology of conservation
In 2004, the government of Ethiopia moved 500 people out of the Nech Sar National Park in the south of the country, before handing it over to be managed by the Dutch NGO, African Parks. The following year, African Parks signed another contract to manage the Omo National Park. The issue of evictions in these parks quickly became the subject of intense lobbying by international human rights NGOs.

Coexistence Strategies

The policy of reduction of cattle populations from protected areas: A case study from Buxa Tiger Reserve, India
In India, as elsewhere, protected areas (PAs) have permanent resident populations who are historically dependent on forest resources for their livelihood. The Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), in the northern part of West Bengal, is one such reserve forest where villagers have been residing for more than a 100 years.

Press Room

Reports and Documents

The way of the tiger: natural history and conservation of the endangered big cat
"The way of the Tiger" is an outstanding primer; it is a scientist's explanation - to a popular audience - of the natural history and conservation of one of the planet's most charismatic animals.
Concepts in wildlife management
This book is first of its kind to embody subjects like wildlife conservation and management, ethical, ecological and recreational importance of wildlife, endangered flora and fauna of India