Priority Landscapes in South Asia
Tribal wedding. Mostly all the tribal communities in the past were hunters-gatherers, where as those on the foothills and on the fringes of forests were farmers. Support of these people is vital for saving the Tigers and the landscape. Satpuda-Maikal (Kipling country) Landscape Project, Central India.
© WWF-Canon / Tshewang R. WANGCHUK
© WWF-Canon / Tshewang R. WANGCHUK
Satpuda Maikal Landscape (Kipling Country) - India
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The deciduous forests of central India harbour the highest number of tigers in the sub-continent - but increasing pressure from humans and cattle threaten their survival.
Even though the Satpuda Maikal Landscape overlaps the Eastern Deccan Plateau Moist Forests Global 200 Ecoregion, some parts are very dry prior to the monsoons: reduced water availability is an issue here for wildlife as well as for humans.Some 500 or more tigers roam this landscape, which is also known as Kipling Country, after Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories. WWF has been reinforcing the anti-poaching capacity of the government authorities in the Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary which, thanks to our unstinting support, has been declared a new Tiger Reserve.
Work is also under way in the corridor between this and the Kanha Tiger Reserve: here, we are cooperating with local people (mostly Baiga and Gond tribal people) in order to improve their livelihood opportunities and thus reduce pressure and dependence on forests. Not least among our successes has been increasing water availability during the dry season.
