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How do you count tigers? India’s national tiger count

By amyvangelderBlog

Tiger populations plummeted from around 100,000 individuals in the early 20th century to 3,000 individuals in 2010, occupying just 7% of their original range. We were facing the very real...

9th April 2022

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Aaranyak final report 2017-18

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/AaranyakFinal_Technical-Report_Indo-BhutanTransboundaryTigers.pdf

5th March 2019

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Indo-Bhutan landscape monitoring report

By estherconwayNews

Indian field exploration © Aaranyak The Transboundary Manas Conservation Area (TraMCA) of the Indo-Bhutan landscape, is a significant tiger habitat that has the potential to double its tiger population within...

5th March 2019

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Movement of tigers

By estherconwayBlog

WildCats office blog - we are blessed to be based in an institution where visiting academics, scientists and conservationists are invited to talk about their work. Radio collared tiger in...

16th July 2018

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All-India Tiger Census 2018 to be Hi-Tech, More Accurate and Precise

By estherconwayNews

The All-India Tiger Estimation, 2018 exercise promises not just to be hi-tech, but will also be far more accurate and precise than ever before. Officers from National Tiger Conservation Authority…

30th March 2018

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Counting tiger prey using remote cameras

By estherconwayBlog, UCL/IOZ Tigers & Idu

Sahil Nijhawan PhD, writes about the novel methods of counting animals devised to assist his study of tigers in the remote area of north eastern India. Arunachal Pradesh, India In the...

10th January 2018

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Aaranyak interim 2017

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/WildCats/ProjectReports/India/AaranyakIndo-Bhutan-Tiger_Mid-TermReport2017.pdf

8th January 2018

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Losing time for the tiger Panthera tigris: delayed action puts a globally threatened species at risk of local extinction

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Meeting global and regional environmental targets is challenging, given the multiplicity of stakeholders and their diverse and often competing policy agendas and objectives. Relatively few studies have sought to...

7th November 2017

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Fine-scale population genetic structure of the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in a human-dominated western Terai Arc Landscape, India

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Despite massive global conservation strategies, tiger populations continued to decline until recently, mainly due to habitat loss, human-animal conflicts, and poaching. These factors are known to affect the genetic...

26th April 2017

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A hierarchical model for estimating the spatial distribution and abundance of animals detected by continuous-time recorders

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Motivation Several spatial capture-recapture (SCR) models have been developed to estimate animal abundance by analyzing the detections of individuals in a spatial array of traps. Most of these models...

17th March 2017

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Are corridors good for tigers Panthera tigris but bad for people? An assessment of the Khata corridor in lowland Nepal

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract As part of a landscape-scale programme for conserving tigers Panthera tigris the Khata corridor was established between Bardia National Park in Nepal and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in India in...

28th October 2016

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Case study: Finding the middle road – grounded approaches to mitigate highway impacts in tiger reserves

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Tigers are one of the world’s most endangered large carnivores with an estimated global population of approximately 3200 individuals. They currently occur in 13 countries, representing 7% of their...

3rd June 2015

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Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India: A Value+ Approach

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract The current study provides conservative estimates of the economic value of 6 selected tiger reserves in India: Corbett, Kanha, Kaziranga, Periyar, Ranthambore and Sundarbans. These tiger reserves have been...

2nd January 2015

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The status of tigers in India 2014

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract To gauge the success of conservation efforts as well as to have a finger on the pulse of tiger populations and their ecosystems, the National Tiger Conservation Authority in...

1st January 2015

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Prioritizing Tiger Conservation

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Even with global support for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation their survival is threatened by poaching, habitat loss and isolation. Currently about 3,000 wild tigers persist in small fragmented populations...

24th November 2014

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Network environmentalism: Citizen scientists as agents for environmental advocacy

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Citizen science – public participation of non-scientists in scientific research – has become an important tool for monitoring and evaluating local and global environmental change. Citizen science projects have...

24th October 2014

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Providing more protected space for tigers Panthera tigris: a landscape conservation approach in the Western Ghats, southern India

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Conservation of large carnivores is challenging as they face various threats, including habitat loss and fragmentation. One of the current challenges to tiger Panthera tigris conservation in India is...

29th August 2014

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Movement and activity pattern of a collared tigress in a human-dominated landscape

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Tigers (Panthera tigris) are wide-ranging species, and a permeable landscape matrix outside Protected Areas (PAs) is extremely important for their dispersal. A tigress which had fallen in a water...

24th March 2014

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Connectivity of Tiger Populations in the Human-Influenced Forest Mosaic of Central India

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Today, most wild tigers live in small, isolated Protected Areas within human dominated landscapes in the Indian subcontinent. Future survival of tigers depends on increasing local population size, as...

25th November 2013

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Local knowledge suggests significant wildlife decline and forest loss in insurgent affected Similipal Tiger Reserve

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Similipal Tiger Reserve is a large insurgent-affected protected area (PA) located in the northern Eastern Ghats, India, with a resident tribal population of about 12,500. In 2007-08, we carried...

25th June 2013

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Demographic loss, genetic structure and the conservation implications for Indian tigers

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract India is home to approximately 60 per cent of the world’s remaining wild tigers, a species that has declined in the last few centuries to occupy less than 7...

25th May 2013

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