RISE IN LEOPARD POPULATION

RISE IN LEOPARD POPULATION

 

Context

 

  • As per a recent report ‘Status of leopards in India, 2018’ released by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change there has been a “60% increase in the population count of leopards in India from 2014 estimates’’.

 

 

More about news

    • The 2014 estimates placed the population of leopards at nearly 8,000 which has increased to 12,852.

 

  • The largest number of leopards have been estimated in Madhya Pradesh (3,421) followed by Karnataka (1,783) and Maharashtra (1,690).
  • Region wise distribution:
  • Central India and Eastern Ghats have the highest number of leopards at 8,071.

 

      • Western Ghats: 3,387 leopards
      • Shivalik and Gangetic Plains: 1,253 leopards

 

  • Northeast hills: 141 leopards
  • Techniques Used:

 

      • Camera Traps
      • Satellite Imaging
      • Field work by the Wildlife Institute of India and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).

 

  • Conservation Status:
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): Vulnerable

 

      • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix I

 

  • Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule 1

 

 

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