Banda Aceh, Aceh, July 30 -- The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has emphasized the need to strengthen prevention and mitigation efforts to stop the recurrence of Sumatran tiger-human conflicts in the province.

"We continue to prevent and mitigate negative interactions between Sumatran tigers and local residents for the sake of our tiger preservation," the agency's head, Ujang Wisnu Barata, told journalists here, Tuesday.

Based on the 2019 feasibility analysis of the tiger population, the total number of wild Sumatran tigers inhabiting Aceh's wilderness habitat was estimated at 170, he remarked.

However, tiger-human conflicts remain frequent in several districts, including South Aceh, East Aceh, and South East Aceh. ...