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Prioritising the tiger: A history of human-tiger conflict in the Sundarbans [1]

Human-wildlife conflict is widespread in today’s South Asia and the wider world. Forty-seven elephants, seven leopards and two tigers have been killed in the last twenty months in the forests of northern Bengal. The deaths of elephants were caused in most cases by speeding trains. The problem of
human-animal conflict is increasingly featuring in the media and in discussions. Interestingly, human-animal conflict has a rich history and dates back to the pre-historic times.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Ranjan Chakraborthy [2]
Current Conservation [3]
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Tags:
People - Animal Conflicts [4], Sundarbans [5], Tiger [6], West Bengal [7], Mangroves [8], Sundarban NP [9], Land Reclamation [10], Tiger Reserves [11], Livestock [12], Land Use [13], Forest Encroachments [14], India [15]
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sundarbans
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sundarban-np
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-reclamation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
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[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments
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