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Workshop on Wildlife Conflict Management

Patna , Bihar, 27 August , 2015

Dr S., Rajesh IFSAsst. Inspector General of Forests

National Tiger Conservation AuthorityNew Delhi

Why SOPs

• Makes things easier to perform and deliver

• More predictability in the task performance,

• Hone out the skills, raise the standard of performance

• Reduction in executive errors and failures

• Service quality control and performance assessment

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Standard operating procedures for today….

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Standard Operating Procedure to Deal with Emergency Arising due to Straying of Tigers in Human Dominated Landscapes.


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A quick walk through….

• Responsible Authorities – Filed Director / PA Manager / Divisional Forest Officer / Deputy Conservator of Forests / Wildlife Warden

• State Level – Chief Wildlife Warden

• Monitoring team and continuous assessment

• Updating with NTCA/advice/resoruces

• Mandatory legal compliances for the procedures


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• Constitution of monitoring committee –CWLW / NTCA Representative / Vet/NGO / PRA / FD- Chairman.

• Establishment of identity of tiger – Camera trapping / NRCTPT comparison

• Development of data base on incidences / historical analysis.

• Conformation behaviour pattern -


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• Setting up camera traps – Establishment of tiger id

• Protection of poisoning / safe guarding the kill

• PIPs to monitor the daily movement of the animal

• Co ordination with police and executive magistrates

• Declaration of 144 under CrPC for the locality to reduce the risk levels


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• send alters to the concerned district authorities

• Chemical immobilization when trapping attempts are failed

• Details for chemical immobilization are elaborated

• injured / incapacitated tigers to be sent to zoo- not to be released back to wild


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• tigers certified by the committee need to be released back to the wild after radio collaring and to be kept under continuous monitoring

• a tiger should be eliminated by invoking theWildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, if it is nothabituated for causing human death – to beascertained as per the procedure

• healthy tiger/encumbered tigress occupying asugar cane field or similar habitat-lure/immobalize and release


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• tigers certified by the committee need to be released back to the wild after radio collaring and to be kept under continuous monitoring

• a tiger should be eliminated by invoking theWildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, if it is nothabituated for causing human death – to beascertained as per the procedure

• healthy tiger/encumbered tigress occupying asugar cane field or similar habitat-lure/immobilize and release with R collars


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• Media briefing at definite intervals by authorised persons

• Tiger population details to be discussed only after consultation with NTCA

• Use only properly designed suitable cages and transport mechanism which cause least stress

• Final decision is of the CWLW but to be as per the powers and procedures


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Standard Operating Procedure for Active Management Towards Rehabilitation of Tigers from Source areas at the Landscape.

• Incident Atal to population management

• Population to be managed according to the carrying capacity

• Rehabilitation of excess between the landscapes

• Reduces the risks of straying to tigers

• To be done in consultation with NTCA


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Standard Operating Procedure to Deal with Orphaned / Abandoned Tiger Cubs and Old / Injured Tigers

• To deal with special cases

• Incidental to deal with the special cases

• Complements the efforts to contain human tiger conflcts

• Linkage to tiger safaris

• To be exceutied in consulation with NTCA


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Application of handy technologies

• GIS based monitoring of movements of the animals

• Evaluate the habitat and animal behavioural dynamics

• Develop e surveillance in the sanative areas after sensitivity mapping

• Scope of use of drones in habitat monitoring and in special situations


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Proactive management

• Understaing the tiger population dyanamics

• Extara monitoring during the breeding seasons

• Develpement of confiede amaoung the stake holers

• Learning form the past

• Application of technology


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Resources

URL: www.projecttiger.nic.in

let us make wildlife management conflict free…

Thanks very much for the kind attention…

http://www.projecttiger.nic.in/

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