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<p>Natural habitats with transitional buffer zones between humans and wildlife pose the most vulnerable landscape for human-tiger interaction. The Jim Corbett National Park (JCNP) is one such tiger habitat in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. There are several segments of transitional buffer zones along the periphery of JCNP, but the eastern part poses the most vulnerable segment since witnesses’ maximum annual events of human-tiger conflicts cause injuries and loss of human life and livestock; therefore, it was selected as a study area for case illustration using geospatial technology. The key objective of the study was to appraise the adverse ecological changes in the transitional buffer zone and their impacts on tourism dynamics and spatiotemporal trends of human-tiger conflicts. Result suggests that over the last three decades (1991–2025), the study area has witnessed multiple adverse ecological changes. Subsequently, the conflicts between humans and tigers have been increasing at 3% annually. The area under the very high risk zone of conflicts has been increasing at the highest rate, standing at 0.88% annually, followed by high (0.48%) and moderate risk zones (0.08%), respectively. Due to that, the area of the low-risk zone has been decreasing at a 0.12% annual rate. Extending risk zones and increasing conflict events are causing an increase in the conflict hotspots, annual rates of human injuries, human loss, livestock injuries, and livestock loss with consistently increasing rates. Therefore, as a need of the hour, this study suggests a holistic mitigation approach, keeping in consideration the human-tiger conflict risk zones, hotspots, and ecotourism-based measures. It is strongly believed that the proposed study will be very useful for planners and administrators of JCNP to implement sustainable development planning in the study area as well as other similar buffer zones across the park, for the scientific fraternity to enhance their research work in the field of wildlife ecology and habitat management, and for individuals for their safety in terms of life and injuries due to tiger attacks. Further, the study advocates that the situation will get worse if necessary mitigation measures for human-tiger conflicts are not taken in a timely manner.</p>

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Adverse ecological changes along transitional buffer zone of Jim Corbett National Park increasing human-tiger conflict risk: geospatial approach

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    2026年1月3日

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  • M. S. Rawat,
  • Ananya Rawat,
  • Pradeep Kumar Rawat

摘要

Natural habitats with transitional buffer zones between humans and wildlife pose the most vulnerable landscape for human-tiger interaction. The Jim Corbett National Park (JCNP) is one such tiger habitat in the foothills of the Himalayas in India. There are several segments of transitional buffer zones along the periphery of JCNP, but the eastern part poses the most vulnerable segment since witnesses’ maximum annual events of human-tiger conflicts cause injuries and loss of human life and livestock; therefore, it was selected as a study area for case illustration using geospatial technology. The key objective of the study was to appraise the adverse ecological changes in the transitional buffer zone and their impacts on tourism dynamics and spatiotemporal trends of human-tiger conflicts. Result suggests that over the last three decades (1991–2025), the study area has witnessed multiple adverse ecological changes. Subsequently, the conflicts between humans and tigers have been increasing at 3% annually. The area under the very high risk zone of conflicts has been increasing at the highest rate, standing at 0.88% annually, followed by high (0.48%) and moderate risk zones (0.08%), respectively. Due to that, the area of the low-risk zone has been decreasing at a 0.12% annual rate. Extending risk zones and increasing conflict events are causing an increase in the conflict hotspots, annual rates of human injuries, human loss, livestock injuries, and livestock loss with consistently increasing rates. Therefore, as a need of the hour, this study suggests a holistic mitigation approach, keeping in consideration the human-tiger conflict risk zones, hotspots, and ecotourism-based measures. It is strongly believed that the proposed study will be very useful for planners and administrators of JCNP to implement sustainable development planning in the study area as well as other similar buffer zones across the park, for the scientific fraternity to enhance their research work in the field of wildlife ecology and habitat management, and for individuals for their safety in terms of life and injuries due to tiger attacks. Further, the study advocates that the situation will get worse if necessary mitigation measures for human-tiger conflicts are not taken in a timely manner.