EXAMINING THE EXTENT OF HUMAN-TIGER CONFLICT IN THE SUNDARBANS FOREST, BANGLADESH

摘要

The Sundarbans mangove forest in the Gangetic delta is the largest continuous mangrove area in the world (10,284 km□), with 4,267 km□ (41.5%) in Indian territory and 6,017 km□ (58.5%) in Bangladesh. It is the home of some 100 endangered Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), possibly one of the biggest remaining tiger populations on the globe.rnWithin the memory of man, Sundarbans tigers have been ill-famed as man-eaters. The earliest known written document is found in the letters of Portuguese Jesuit missionaries, among them Francis Fernandez and Melchior Fronseca, who travelled to Bengal in 1598 and 1599. For the first time they reported that tigers in the Gangetic delta are fond of human flesh (Hosten, 1925).