Tiger Reserves in India

[Shardul]

(05-17-2017, 09:48 PM)Rishi Wrote:

(05-17-2017, 09:03 PM)Pckts Wrote: Here's another map of Kahna Zones that was posted at our lodge. 

*This image is copyright of its original author

JACKPOT!!!!! 

@Shardul @$uSpiciou$ ( @sanjay i can't tag $uSpiciou$ ) See here..this is the perfect map...
The yellow ones are forest beats (beat camps shown as dots) & green ones are revenue villages. 
Blue is the Phen Sanctuary that is Kanha Tiger reserve's satellite core.

I know all that. A tiger reserves' buffer area is usually a mix of protected forests and reserved forests or even a wildlife sanctuary. In terms of level of protection, here's the heirarchy:

1) Tiger Reserves
2) National Parks
3) Wildlife Sanctuary
4) Protected Forests
5) Reserve Forests
6) Revenue Forests

A tiger reserves buffer area allows some level of human interaction, it varies from reserve to reserve. It might be the Corbett's buffer has much lower human inhabitation than others, essentially providing more inviolate habitat for tigers. But that would mean no access to domestic livestock. The presence of plenty of domestic cattle on top of their usual prey is one of the reasons Bandhavgarh had the highest density of tigers at one point. If Corbett has 200+ tigers flourishing on just chital and sambar, it is a good news actually, it shows how adaptable tigers are and presence of really large prey like buffalo or gaur is not an essential factor in their survival. If it is simply a case of tigers being spread over a very large area, then I would like to know number of tigers in the core, buffer and adjoining areas of corbett, broken down. Ramnager had about 25 IIRC, lansdowne had similar, so it would still mean almost 200 in CTR itself. Reply