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.

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