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| Karanth, K.D. | |
| Forest use and human-wildlife conflicts in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India | |
| 2003 Tropical Resource Bulletin (22): 48-58 | |
Protected areas (PAs) in India cover about 5% of the land area (earmarked under the wildlife protection act specifically for conservation) and are home to approximately 4.5million people. The small protected area size (avg. <300 km2) and enclosure by densely populated areas (>300 people/km2) make them vulnerable to human and livestock population growth, making them distinctive from PAs in Africa and the Americas (Rodgers et al. 2003, Terborgh 2002). In India, people have been a major component of the landscape for several centuries but widespread poverty, landhunger, predominance of agriculture and animal husbandry, and dependence on plant biomass for food, fodder and shelter have led them to exert tremendous pressures on already fragile protected areas (Karanth 2002). |
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