The number of tigers in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest shared by both Bangladesh and India (West Bengal), has drastically decreased, with only 106 to be found in the Bangladeshi part, says a new official report. The research was held by “Bangladesh’s forest department”, with technical support from W.I.I. (Wildlife Institute of India).
The previous governmental tiger census carried out in 2004, estimated 440 tigers in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans.
The study was carried out under the “Strengthening Regional Cooperation of Wildlife Protection” project funded by the “World Bank” for both Bangladesh and Indian parts of Sundarbans between 2013 and 2014.
Now responsibility of both Bangladeshi and Indian authorities might be to analyse the environmental impact of such a drastic decrease and mark out a way to recover the huge population loss of an animal, the Royal Bengal Tiger, which is also a world human heritage.
Previously published in: http://www.nelive.in/north-east/news/only-106-tigers-left-sundarbans-bangladesh