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    Status of Leopards in India Report 2022 released by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

    Posted 01 Mar 2024

    Updated 27 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • Leopard population estimation (5th cycle) was carried out by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute of India in collaboration with State Forest Departments.
      • It was in collaboration with State Forest Departments, as part of the quadrennial “Monitoring of Tiger, Co-predators, prey and their Habitat-2022”.
      • It focused on forested habitats within 18 tiger states, covering four major tiger conservation landscapes.
      • Non-forested habitats, arid, and high Himalayas above 2000 meters were not sampled for leopards.

     

    • Key findings 
      • Leopard population is estimated at 13,874 with a 1.08% growth in terms of sampled area compared to 2018.
      • Central India and Eastern Ghats registered the largest growth, Shivaliks and Gangetic plains registered  decline
      • State with highest population: Madhya Pradesh followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
      • Tiger reserve with highest population: Nagarajunasagar Srisailam followed by Panna, and  Satpura.

     

    • About Indian Leopards (Panthera pardus fusca)
      • Protection Status: 
        • IUCN- Vulnerable
        • CITES- Appendix I
        • Schedule 1 of Wildlife protection act 1972
      • Habitat:  India, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of Pakistan, excluding mangrove forests and deserts.
      • Characteristics:
        • Solitary and Nocturnal in nature.
        • skilled climbers, and rest on the branches of trees.
    • Tags :
    • Leopards in India
    • Wildlife protection act 1972
    • Panthera pardus fusca
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