Researching Climate Change Effects on Tigers in Various Habitats

This research paper investigates the impact of climate change on tiger populations across different regions. It highlights the shrinking coastal habitats due to rising sea levels, deforestation leading to habitat loss for Sumatran tigers, and altered habitats for Siberian tigers due to temperature changes. The paper also addresses the increased human-tiger conflict as tigers move into populated areas due to climate-related habitat changes. Focusing on the Sundarbans area, the research shows a significant decline in tiger numbers. It also discusses initiatives aimed at conserving tiger populations and concludes that climate change poses a major threat to the survival of tigers, emphasizing the urgent need for conservation efforts. Desklib provides similar documents for students.

Geography
Climate change effects on tigers of
different regions

• The aim of the paper is to
conduct the research on the
impact of climate changes on
tigers of different regions.
• The change in the climate pattern
brings a shift in the life of
animals.
• The environment of forests gets
affected due to change in climate
which ultimately affects the tigers
of different regions.
Introduction

Thesis Statement
• "The impact of the change in the climate of surrounding
and forest is creating a major impact on the threatened
animal tigers of different regions."

Impact of climate change on
tigers of different regions
• The research reflects that in the past century, 97% of the
world's tiger population has vanished leaving only about
3,200 individuals left in the wild.
• The decline in the numbers of tigers in different regions
is found due to the poaching, deforestation and many
other climate related issues.

Changes in climate
Rising sea levels
•The rise in the sea level is shrinking the coastal habitat for
the 100 of endangered Bengal tigers in India and
Bangladesh.
•The expected rise in the sea level water is of 28cm above
2000 levels that may lead to the decline in the habitat of the
Sundarbans tiger by 96%.

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Deforestation
•The cutting down of trees leads to climate change while
pushing species like the unfavourably endangered
Sumatran tiger to edge of extinction.
•In Indonesia, it was found that 840,000 hectares of
Indonesia forest had been cleared and it is pushing
consequently Sumatran tigers to edge of extinction.

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Changes in temperature
•Shifting of temperature is altering habitat for Siberian
tigers in China as well as in Russia.
•Tiger gets impacted due to the changes in temperature as
their habitat get shift because of the changes in
temperature.
Natural disasters
•The change in climate brings the prediction for the
frequent wildfires in the remote regions where the Siberian
tigers are found.

Climate change and wildlife
• Intergovernmental Panel on the change due to climate
says that an average rise of 1.5°C may put the species
extinction of approx. 20-30%.
• Tigers of different regions are affected because of the
illegal wildlife trade, human-wildlife conflict, loss of
habitat and fragmentation due to change in the climate.

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• Siberian tigers have to adopt the changes in their prey and
habitat which helps them in surviving in the expected
climate change.

Tiger human conflict
• The tiger-human conflict increases because the Tigers
are moving from their areas to the populated areas due
to changes in climate.
• The villagers of the areas are not supposed to enter a
number of islands where the Tigers are present but they
seldom follow the rules.

Sundarbans area
• In the late 1960s years, it was found was 500 tigers were
available in the Sundarbans area.
• The number reduces to the 250 and 270 tigers in the
wildlife area of Sundarbans and the numbers of tigers
are declining.
• According to the Indian Statistical Institute, the number
of tigers has been reduced to 75 tigers only.

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• According to the census report of the Indian government,
this is found that about 40,000 tigers in India were
available a century ago.
• In the year, 2008 there was a report that says that the
tiger population declined to 1411 which is down from
3642 in 2002.