bhutan

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Total
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 in USD
Output Activities Amount in USD
Human/Wildlife Conflict Management
Objective: • Determine main causes of livestock depredation by tigers in 3 areas including Punakha Dzongkhag (where livestock depredation was
highest in 2004) in order to understand the conflict so that appropriate remedies can be adopted. This study would then be replicated to other sites
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Set up a
georeferenced
database on
livestock
depredation and
map hotspots
Livestock
depredation
hotspot map
produced
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Conduct studies in
areas which have
highest number of
depredation cases
by tiger to compare
with other tiger
areas without any
depredation, or
where depredation
is low.
Report on
livestock
depredation by
tiger that
highlights its
relatedness to
habitat quality,
prey abundance,
human influences
and other factors
prepared.
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Explore appropriate
remedial measures
such as providing
improved breed of
cattle (to discourage
open grazing in the
forest), reinforced
corrals to better
protect cattle and
other livestock, and
improved animal
A set of successful
interventions to
prevent livestock
depredation, and
mitigate human
wildlife conflict
tried and tested
Bhutan Tiger Action Plan 2006-2015