YOUNG TIGERS PROGRAM

As part of long-term monitoring Urban Tiger Conservation Project monitor wildlife to understand the potential of urban landscapes for the conservation of large carnivores including Tigers.  In the landscapes, people's land use and practices also lead to changes in the habitats of wildlife. This increases human-wildlife interactions and peri-urban landscapes become arenas of these encounters. Achieving a good coexistence between humans and wildlife in these urban and peri-urban landscapes is a new challenge for conservation managers and policymakers and communities living in these areas. 

The project initiated Young Tigers Program to sensitize local communities targeting school students and Residential Welfare Associations on the forest-city/rural edges. The project aims to: 

1. To develop a detailed module for awareness and sensitization program for local community and young students on human-tiger interaction in urban landscape of Bhopal using field-based input. 
2. To raise awareness about human-tiger interaction and the importance of conservation.
3. To foster community participation and collaboration in conservation activities.