Certificate - Etheses - Saurashtra University

protection methods have been studied in the Kugti wildlife sanctuary. The study will
provide a basis for developing an action plan for conservation and management of
brown bear population and to mitigate the problems effectively on a long-term basis.
1.4 Significance of study
i. Brown bear is an endangered species. Brown bear is sparsely distribution in
India, and its habitats are encroached or degraded upon by the human beings. In
Chamba district, forests are highly fragmented and interspersed with villages
and agricultural crop fields. There is a growing demand for bear products in
Asia, and which have led to serious impacts on bear population in India. The
human-brown bear conflict has been increasing and now attained to serious
levels. Consequently, the conservation efforts for the brown bear, an endangered
species, are adversely affected.
ii. As the Brown bear Ursus arctos is one of the least widely distributed large
mammal in the Indian sub continent, yet very little is known of its ecology and
behaviour in India. Further there is no information available on its ecology and
behaviour, human-brown bear conflict, and human dimension, which can help
conservation and scientific management of its population. To mitigate the
conflicts to tolerable level, study on ecology and behaviour of brown bear:
habitat use pattern, food habits, pattern of livestock killing and circumstances,
nature and extent of crop damage, socio-economic impacts of bear menace, and
local protection methods is necessary.
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