India, Aug. 4 -- Similar to India's situation, tigers are increasingly at the centre of human-wildlife conflict due to the loss of habitats and a dwindling natural prey base in Bhutan. Both these issues could be attributed to a changing climate. A report by Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

Our neighbouring Bhutan is one of the eight countries in the world where a breeding tiger population is found in the wild. The tiger is listed as a fully protected species and is included in Schedule 1 of the Forest and Nature Conservation Act of Bhutan, 1995.

Whereas India has an estimated 3682 tigers, the estimated number of tigers in Bhutan stands at 131. However, the country is an important tiger conservation area in the global Tiger Conservation Landscape,...