Climate change pitting humans and wildlife against each other, say conservationists
New Delhi, Apr 14 (PTI) Climate change is increasing the intensity of wildfires, reducing vegetation and making poor people more reliant on forests, resulting in an increase in conflict between wildlife and humans over habitat and resources, conservationists said on Friday.
In its latest all-India tiger estimation report, released recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) highlighted the “silent and surmounting” threats of climate change-related impacts on habitats and the loss of the quality of forests over time.
It said climate change threatens the survival of tigers in the Sunderbans and is one of the major challenges facing the wildlife in the Western Ghats.
