ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[Rishi]

(10-06-2019, 09:51 AM)Greatearth Wrote: Excellent info Peter! However, I am dubious about Sumatran tiger's future unless Indonesia give up with their islam belief (unless they are going to stop having many kids while they are believing islam, but their educations are poor. They would never listen) and start understanding how much they should control for using palm oil.

!!!!! This is quite the misconception still prevalent in the west... The one & only thing fertility-rate (number of issues per couple/2) depends on, is progress & awareness (education). Nothing else.

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That is the fertility rate of India in last two decades, what do you think has changed between the two? Which factor is the most responsible for this change?

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Today India's population-boom is spearheaded by the Hindu communities in the backward areas of rural North-Central India, mostly Christian tribals in the Northeast & Muslims refugees. The average is to go below 2.0 in 2020, folowing which it can be expected to stabilise & start reducing in another decade or two.

Let's say that happens... Will India's wildlife & nature be any safer? Why isn't Southeast Asia's wildlife status far ahead of ours then? They have 1/10th our population density!
Forget that, even within India the regions doing worst in the conservation front are the least populated & remotest areas of India, which also happens to be the most neglected & underdeveloped. Nature & wildlife on those places have been decimated to the level compared to the degradation in South China or Indochina.

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Only thing here making the difference is political will & public opinion. Nothing else.

Authoritiess have to actually envision master-plans & expend money on it. It takes a lot of effort to achieve the proper maintenance & management equilibrium. People are not going to suffer the slightest inconvenience unless the law forces them to & they are reimbursed for their troubles, even if they know or understand reasons. But a ruling (democratic) govt won't risk losing votes by making them do so, unless people are enlightened enough to want it to... It's like a dog chasing it's tail.
Otherwise greed & ego always takes precedence, be it China or Iran, thus they'll continue ruining their own country by replacing forests with palm plantations & call it economic-growth. The only conversion needed here is from conflict into compromise... now that Bangladesh & Malayasia have finally awakened from their slumber & showing good economic growth, keep observing. Reply