Tigers

Tigers or tribals: The conservation dilemma unfolds as state governments resist forest rights while the Tiger Corridor Project threatens mass displacement of indigenous communities across India.

In 2023, India reported a total of 177 tiger deaths, with the highest number of fatalities occurring in Maharashtra, which recorded 45 deaths

Although tigers have been known to exist in the Indian Himalayas historically, the Western Rajaji Tiger Reserve in  Uttarakhand state was assumed to be the sole tiger population west of the Ganga River

The tiger population in India has witnessed a remarkable increase of 715 tigers in the past four years, according to fourth cycle of AITE

In a recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, successful tiger conservation efforts in Asia have had an unintended positive impact.

The Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) 2022 study ranks Satpura Tiger Reserve second nationally and first in Madhya Pradesh in the fifth cycle.