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Human-Carnivore Interface Management Programme
Large carnivores, when in proximity of human-dominated landscapes, attract considerable attention because of the perceived threat to human life. This often leads to removal of animals by the forest department or persecution of animals by local communities. WCT’s interventions under this project provide technical assistance to the forest department to understand and manage conflict on the ground and propose solutions which are favourable to both people and animals. WCT has developed a human-tiger interface prediction module using spatial and temporal characteristics of previous interactions. This is used to assist State Forest Departments in predicting potentially sensitive situations for the future. In addition, WCT’s veterinarians assist the Forest Department in the following: - Large carnivore rescue and rehabilitation - Monitoring of tigers and leopards using radio and satellite telemetry - Wildlife mortality investigation
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.