Report of the Tiger Task Force - PRS

■ JOINING THE DOTS TIGER TASK FORCE REPORTANNEXURE-VI Experts requested to comment onmethodology of tiger estimationThe proposal from the Project Tiger directorate and the Wildlife Institute of India to review andchange the methodology for assessing tiger habitat and to estimate the numbers was sent to manyexperts for their comments. The names of the experts are given below:1. Aparajita Datta, senior scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation,3076/5, IV Cross, GokulamPark, Mysore 570 002, Karnataka2. S P Goyal, scientist, Wildlife Institute of India, Post Bag No 18, Chandrabani,Dehradun 248 001, Uttaranchal (comments received)3. Anil P Gore, professor of statistics, department of statistics, Pune University, Ganeshkhind,Pune 411 007, Maharashtra (comments received)4. A J T Johnsingh, dean, faculty of wildlife sciences, Wildlife Institute of India, Post BagNo 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248 001 (comments received)5. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, fellow, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment ,No 659, 5th A Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka6. Sharad Lele, coordinator and senior fellow, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies inEnvironment and Development, ISEC Campus, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore 560 072, Karnataka7. Kartik Shankar, fellow, and Mohammed Irfan Ullah, fellow, Ashoka Trust for Research inEcology and the Environment, No 659, 5th A Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka(comments received)8. Ullas Karanth, director, Wildlife Conservation Society-India Program, 823, 13th Cross,7 th Block West, Jayanagar,’ Bangalore 560 082, Karnataka (comments received)9. P S Roy, deputy director, National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad.500 037, AndhraPradesh (comments received)10. M D Madhusudan, wildlife ecologist and trustee, Nature Conservation Foundation,3076/5 IV Cross, Gokulam Park, Mysore, Karnataka11. T R Shankar Raman, wildlife scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation, 3076/5 IV Cross,Gokulam Park, Mysore 570 002, Karnataka12. R Sukumar, chairperson, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka13. R S Chundawat, Wildlife Institute of India, Post Bag No 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248 001(comments received)14. B L Deekshatulu, ISRO visiting professor, University of Hyderabad, 10-3-123/3/1,East Maredpally, Secunderabad-500 02615. Ravi Chellam, programme officer, United Nations Development Programme, 55, Lodi Estate,PO Box 3059, New Delhi 1100016. Asad R Rahmani, director, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr Salim AliChowk, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra188 Annexures