Lok Sabha Question No. 1814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Zones Prone to Man-Animal Conflicts
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1814

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## Zones Prone to Man-Animal Conflicts

## 1814.  SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of instances of wildlife  poaching  and  man-animal conflicts reported in  the tiger reserves during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has identified zones prone to poaching and man animals conflicts in tiger reserves;
- (d) whether the Government plans to launch a drone-monitoring project to check the said incidents if so, the details thereof and timeline for implementation?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) The number of instances of tiger poaching and death of human beings due to tiger attack, State-wise, during the last three years, in and around tiger reserves, as reported by States, are at Annexure-I (a) and I (b) respectively.  Data pertaining to poaching of other wildlife and  instances  of  man-animal  conflicts  due  to  other  wild  animals  is  not  collated  at Government of India level.
- (b) & (c) The  Tiger  Conservation  Plan  (TCP),  mandated  under  section  38V  of  the  Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, inter alia has zone and theme plans through which issues such as human-animal conflict are addressed by Tiger Reserve management level, wherever need is felt. These zones and theme  plans, have provisions for habitat  management interventions  which inter  alia include  grassland  management  and  development  of  water sources.

Further,  supplementary  guidelines  circulated  by  the  National  Tiger  Conservation Authority  in  context  of  managing  buffer  /  peripheral  areas  clearly  state  that  habitat conditions in such areas should be kept sub-optimal to the core, but be judicious enough to facilitate dispersal, so as to reduce human-animal conflict.

- (d) Monitoring  human-animal  conflict  is  one  of  the  objectives  of  the  Unmanned  Aerial Vehicle / Drone project.  Initiatives have been taken to use drones for mitigation of humanwildlife conflicts.

ANNEXURE-I (a)

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1814  ON  ZONES  PRONE  TO  MAN-ANIMAL  CONFLICTS  DUE  FOR REPLY ON 08.03.2016

## Number of instances of tiger poaching, State-wise, during the last three years, in and around tiger reserves, as reported by States

| S. No.   | State             |   2013 |   2014 |   2015 |
|----------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3        | Assam             |      3 |      0 |      1 |
| 4        | Bihar             |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      2 |      1 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |      4 |      0 |      3 |
| 8        | Kerala            |      2 |      1 |      0 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |      2 |      3 |      2 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |      5 |      3 |      0 |
| 11       | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 12       | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 13       | Rajasthan         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 15       | Telangana         |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     |      3 |      0 |      3 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       |      1 |      0 |      1 |
| 18       | West Bengal       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|          | TOTAL             |     20 |     14 |     12 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1814  ON  ZONES  PRONE  TO  MAN-ANIMAL  CONFLICTS  DUE  FOR REPLY ON 08.03.2016

## Number of instances of death of human beings due to tiger attack, State-wise, during the last three years, in and around tiger reserves, as reported by States

| S. No.   | State             |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 3        | Assam             |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4        | Bihar             |         0 |         1 |         0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 6        | Jharkhand         |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 7        | Karnataka         |         2 |         5 |         3 |
| 8        | Kerala            |         0 |         0 |         1 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh    |         2 |         3 |         5 |
| 10       | Maharashtra       |         7 |         3 |         8 |
| 11       | Mizoram           |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 12       | Odisha            |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 13       | Rajasthan         |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu        |         0 |         3 |         1 |
| 15       | Telangana         |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh     |         4 |         8 |         0 |
| 17       | Uttarakhand       |         0 |         4 |         0 |
| 18       | West Bengal       |         6 |         6 |        10 |
|          | TOTAL             |        21 |        33 |        28 |

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