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’’.
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- 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.
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- Western Ghats: 3,387 leopards
- Shivalik and Gangetic Plains: 1,253 leopards
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- Northeast hills: 141 leopards
- Techniques Used:
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- Camera Traps
- Satellite Imaging
- Field work by the Wildlife Institute of India and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
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- Conservation Status:
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): Vulnerable
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- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix I
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- Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule 1