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| Sadath, M.N.; Islam, A. | |
| A study on attitude of local community on human-tiger conflict in Sundarbans, Bangladesh | |
| 2015 Conference Proceeding | |
Human-tiger conflict is a common scenario where tiger (_Panthera tigris_, Linnaeus, 1758) and human coexistence. The problem of human-tiger conflict has a long history in the Sundarbans. In one hand the Sundarbans has the world's largest remaining population of wild tigers (440) and in other hand the same forest is the source of livelihood of 3.5 million people. This study tries to reveal the present intensity of human tiger conflict in and around the forest. Additionally this study tries to the framing of the tiger among the local people within the context of conflict intensity. Content analysis of Secondary relevant data sources and open ended interviews of relevant stakeholders were the methodology of this study. Around 97 available documents were analyzed and 150 interviews of different stakeholders were carried out. This study consider last 10 years as its time frame. This study reviles that there has been a discrepancy in conflict event recording between the government and nongovernmental sources. According to our study only 35% of the incidences are reported by the forest administration. This study reveals that 59.2% interviewees like tiger and 40.8% dislike tiger however in the case of straying tiger 81.63% interviewees don't support stray tiger conservation. In an event of tiger death in the hand of angry mob 39.90% interviewees feel happy (publicly 23.47% and tacitly 16.13%) because they consider the tiger as an enemy, 32.7% interviewees are sympathetic to the dead tiger and 16.33% interviewees take it normally. The study also reveals that the rules and regulations are bias towards the tiger. Additionally lack of capacity in handling straying tiger of the forest administration aggravates the situation. Around 61% respondents directly blame habitat degradation, 23% blame climate change and 11% blame increased human activity within the forest for the increasing trends of human-tiger conflict. |
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