Haldwani: Forests of Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) and its adjacent areas are not only home to big animals like tiger and elephants but also for equally important species like butterflies.

At least 11 tigers have died across the country in the last two months due to various reasons, including poaching and poisoning, the government said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Despite being seen as a "success'' story in tiger conservation, the Corbett Tiger Reserve now presents a man-animal conflict scenario aggravated due to rising big cat numbers and rampant encroachment by tourist resorts that has pushed up human incursions into the reserve and its buffer zones.

Corbett Tiger Reserve (Ramnagar): The Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) authorities have made no serious attempt to find out the causes for the deaths of 13 tigers, six leopards and 17 elephants that perished in the Corbett landscape in the last three years.

Vinay Kumar

NEW DELHI: Unhindered commercial activity around the Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand is posing a serious threat to the eco-fragile zone and obstructing movement of animals.

Himanshi Dhawan | TNN

New Delhi: Is Corbett National Park, India

A recent assessment of impact of tourism activities and infrastructure on tigers and other wildlife in and around Corbett Tiger Reserve. Says that tourism inside the core critical habitat is unsustainable and is a serious threat to Corbett.

D S Kunwar | TNN

Nainital: Forest officials on Sunday recovered the carcass of a 10-year-old male tiger in the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, apparently killed in a turf war.

Lantana (Lantana camara), one of the world's most troublesome invasive weeds, has become a menace in most of the protected areas located in tropical and subtropical belt of India. The lantana-infested landscapes not only are impoverished as habitats of wildlife but also contribute to human-wildlife conflicts owing to diminished ecosystem services.

In this study, evaluation of tiger habitat in Corbett Tiger reserve is carried out using remote sensing, ground and other ancillary sources and is integrated using GIS using multi-criteria model.

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