Assessing Tiger-Human Interactions through Radio-Telemetry

The West Bengal Forest Department and WWF-India funded by ICICI foundation have started this project to radio-coller Sundarban Tigers to study Human-Tiger Interaction.

The data obtained will influence the development of effective management plans and strategies to reduce negative human-tiger interactions in the landscape

The Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Ramsar site, is home to a uniquely adapted tiger population that occupies mangrove forests, with individuals swimming across creeks to maintain territories and hunt their prey.
In the last survey the tiger population in the Sundarbans was around 96 individuals.
The Sundarbans is a unique but challenging landscape for tiger conservation given that large portions of it are subject to inundation under seawater with tidal fluctuations, and many portions of the habitat are quite inaccessible.
About 1.5 million people live in proximity to these forests and are dependent on natural resources. Local people engaged in traditional fishing and wild honey collection are often at risk of attacks from tigers.
More humans have lost their lives to tigers in the forests of Sundarbans than any other area of the tiger’s range. While such tragic events sometimes occur in and around settlements when tigers ‘stray’ into those areas, the majority occur within the mangrove forests, which local people access for resource extraction.

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