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Crawford, J.C.; Dhanwatey, H.; Dhanwatey, P.; Nielsen, C.K.
Efforts by TRACT to conserve tigers in human-dominated landscapes of central India
2012 Cat News (56): 20-22
Conserving tigers _Panthera tigris_ in human-dominated landscapes is extremely challenging. Human-tiger conflict is inevitable around reserves, as tigers continue to disperse across reserve boundaries into outlying communities (Ogra & Badola 2008, Barlow et al. 2010, Goodrich 2010). Tigers with established home ranges within protected areas may cross boundaries to predate livestock or use water resources and inadvertently encounter residents. As such, human-tiger conflicts present important local challenges to conservation, even as broader regional or national conservation efforts are implemented (e.g., reserves, legal protections). In this paper, we describe our approach to local conflict prevention and mitigation in central India, and discuss the challenges of conserving tigers in human-dominated landscapes.
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