Ramnagar division
The Uttarakhand Forest Department says Ramnagar division adjoining Corbett has added 29 tigers since 2022, rising from 67 to 96 by July 2025. A phase-4 survey with WWF used 1,059 camera-trap photos across 181 locations to identify individuals.
Teams placed paired cameras in 2-sq-km cells within fixed 100-sq-km grids; software matched left and right flanks, confirming 56 tigers and adding 40 unique left-flank individuals. Eleven cubs under one year were excluded due to high mortality risk.
But this is not a reserve. People live and work here. From January 2022 to 2025, Ramnagar division recorded 13 human deaths linked to tigers. As numbers rise outside core areas, unmanaged human-tiger conflict and funding gaps could turn success into backlash.
Protect prey and corridors, compensate losses fast, and design crossings before roads sever movement. If the Ramnagar division is truly recovering, it must also plan for coexistence—otherwise today’s headline growth becomes tomorrow’s crisis. Restoration wins mean nothing if they ignore people who share tiger space and livelihoods.
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Based on The Indian Express, India.
Photo via The Indian Express.
