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Halder, N.K.
Scientific approach for tiger conservation in the Sundarbans
2011 Tigerpaper (38): 5-9
Bengal Tiger (_Panthera tigris tigris_) is evenly distributed in its present home in the subcontinent, especially in the Sundarbans (Bangladesh). Tiger has a wider ecological tolerance than other big cats can live in diverse habitats. Although the Bangladesh Sundarbans is rich in suitable tiger habitat, due to various factors like habitat change, inadequate fresh water supply, lack of prey population in certain places, poaching, human pressure, disease and natural calamity, etc., the tiger population in the Sundarbans is going to decrease. A detailed inventory on the wildlife population was conducted during 1993-94 under the Integrated Resource Management Project. It showed that there were about 350-400 tigers in the Sundarbans. The joint tiger census (India- Bangladesh) in 2000 recorded that the Bangladesh Sundarbans has about 400 tigers. The census was based on pugmark surveys. The Sundarbans possesses potential habitat for sustainable conservation of Bengal tiger through appropriate initiatives.
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