LUCKNOW: The number of adult tigers has increased in UP in the last over three years. While a February, 2008 report of MoEF showed 109 tigers in UP, Census-2011 has counted 118 tigers (with lower limit of 113 and upper limit of 124). An increase of nine adult tigers is being considered as good by forest officers.
"It is a good increase. This is a maximum population that the forest area in the state can support," said D N S Suman, principal chief conservator of Forest (PCCF), UP. The Census for tiger population recorded tigers above 1.5 years of age only. For this, the cameras tracking their movement were mounted at such a height in Census area that only adults got clicked. The cubs would now be counted through sightings.
Meanwhile, the density of tigers has gone down from the last time's 25.3 per cent to current 24.9 per cent. Though a detailed report on the tiger estimation showing region-wise count is yet to be released by the central ministry, Pilibhit has come up as "a promising tiger area". It lies outside protected area and tiger population there has been found to be increasing.
The tiger population between 2006 and 2010 in UP shows a stable trend. The state has a total forest area of 14,341 sq km. The tigers occupied a total area of 2,766 sq km as per the last Census. This time, tigers have been found occupying 2,948 sq km. However, an increase in tiger population in high human-use areas has heightened man-tiger conflict.
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