In this webinar, Nina Rao catches up with Dr. K. Ullas Karanth and Dr. Krithi K. Karanth where they both talk about the work the Centre for Wildlife Studies has been doing for over 35 years.
This study provides crucial information to decide ‘where’ and ‘how’ future infrastructure development activities should be undertaken, with the optimal balancing of development and biodiversity-conservation.
ಡಾ।। ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಆತ್ರೇಯ ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳ ಒಂದು ತಂಡ ಚಿರತೆಯ ಇರುವಿಕೆ ಭಾರತ ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮನುಷ್ಯರ ಮೇಲೆ ಯಾವ ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಬೀರುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Today, as human settlements and activities expand and wildlife habitats disappear, human-big cat relationships are changing, with both competing for similar resources in shared spaces. In this study led by Dr. Vidya Athreya, scientists take a closer look at how leopards impact people in a shared landscape in rural India.
ಚಿರತೆಗಳು ಪ್ರಭಾವಶಾಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳೆಂದರೆ ಅತಿಶಯೋಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲ. ಪರಿಸರವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಆರೋಗ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಅವುಗಳ ಪಾತ್ರ ಮಹತ್ವದ್ದು.
Humanity’s history with felids like tigers and leopards has often been that of the hunter and the hunted. On one hand, injuries to livestock and/or people can be fatal, causing heavy emotional and financial distress to victims. On the other hand, frustration and anger can lead to retaliation against big cats. These negative interactions can influence how people perceive carnivores, leading to gross misconceptions.
A resurgence of poaching, once unleashed, will be hard to prosecute and control given other social pressures in play. The mass media and senior officials would do well to focus on this poaching issue as a part of Covid-19 responses rather than worry excessively about imagined tiger population declines resulting from the virus.
This study provides crucial information to decide ‘where’ and ‘how’ future infrastructure development activities should be undertaken in India, with the optimal balancing of development and biodiversity-conservation.
ಕೆಲವು ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮನುಷ್ಯರ ಜೊತೆಗೇ ಆಗಾಗ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದರಿಂದ ಚಿರತೆಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ದೊಡ್ಡದಿರಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆಯಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಚಿರತೆಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರಿ ಇಳಿಮುಖವಾಗಿದೆ.
Reports of leopards existing alongside humans in rural and urban environments has led to a perception of abundance and stable population sizes. However, this is difficult to verify, as collecting enough ecological data to accurately estimate leopard numbers is challenging.
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