LUCKNOW, April 6 -- The state forest department will soon launch a scheme focusing on enhanced measures to reduce man-animal conflict in Uttar Pradesh.

The 'Management of Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves: Strategies to Deal with Human-Tiger Conflict' is a pan-India exercise being implemented as a pilot project in 40 forest divisions in nine states facing man-animal conflict and is in addition to the existing projects that the states are running.

"To effectively prevent and control human-wildlife conflict, a new scheme will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh from 2025-26. The first phase of this scheme will be implemented in the South Kheri Forest Division, Bijnor Social Forestry Division, Pilibhit Social Forestry Division, and Bahraich Forest...