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Saving Tigers in a Human D ominated Landscape: The Terai Experience

Saving Tigers in a Human D ominated Landscape: The Terai Experience. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012. The Terai Arc Landscape.

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Saving Tigers in a Human D ominated Landscape: The Terai Experience

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  1. Saving Tigers in a Human Dominated Landscape: The Terai Experience

  2. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 The Terai Arc Landscape

  3. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 The Terai Arc Landscape “All along the edge of the Himalayas, from Saharanpur and the Jamna River in the north-west, to Gorakhpur and the Gandak River to the south east, is a belt of forest varying in width from twenty to fifty miles, which is home to many species of animals” Col. R.W. Burton in his diary in January 1924

  4. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 F. W. Champion

  5. 1900’s1920’s1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Jim Corbett

  6. 1900’s1920’s1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Declaration of Hailey’s National Park United Province National Park Act, 1934

  7. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Gujjars sophiaindia.org

  8. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 DDT and settling the Terai

  9. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Declaration of Rajaji National Park Rajaji Sanctuary Motichur Sanctuary Chilla Sanctuary

  10. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Unsustainable lifestyle of Gujjars

  11. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Fragmentation of the Terai

  12. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2010 2012 Fragmentation of the Terai

  13. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Are recoveries possible?

  14. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Chital recovery

  15. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Tiger recovery

  16. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Decline in leopard densities (Harihar and Pandav and Goyal 2011)

  17. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2012 2013

  18. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Is poaching responsible for this high individual turnover?

  19. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2012 2013 Tigers are certainly being removed from the population

  20. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Mapping Tiger Occupancy

  21. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Mapping Tiger Occupancy

  22. 1900’s1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Mapping Tiger Occupancy THB I 17.8% 522(±90)Km2 THB II 88.5% 3,587(±237)Km2 (Harihar and Pandav 2012)

  23. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 The stripes are brighter on the East Chilla-Motichur Corridor Western RNP National Highway, Railway Track Townships: Haridwar, Rishikesh, Raiwala Khandgaon (I, II, II) settlements Hindustan antibiotic factory, Raiwala army camp & ammunition dump 14 km long Rishikesh-Chilla power Eastern RNP

  24. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Assessing Tiger & Leopard Numbers 2011-12

  25. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2012 2013 The 9 tigers in Eastern RNP

  26. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 The 3 females of western RNP

  27. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Does prey limit tiger numbers?

  28. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Losing ground

  29. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Recovering tigers in the western TAL • Assuming that prey remains fairly stable in this region • We assessed viability using a tiger-specific stage-structured model in Vortex 9 • Our models were based on life-history attributes and stages from studies carried out in the Terai-Arc Landscape • Carrying capacity was set at 40 individuals based on available prey data

  30. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Recovering tigers in the western TAL

  31. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Recovering tigers in the western TAL

  32. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Recovering tigers in the western TAL

  33. 1900’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1960’s 1980’s 2000 2004 2011 2012 Recovering tigers in the western TAL

  34. Thank you

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