Wednesday 20 December 2017

Tigers cling to survival in Sumatra's increasingly fragmented forests


Date:  December 5, 2017
Source:  University of California - Berkeley

Summary:
A research expedition tracked endangered tigers through the Sumatran jungles for a year and found tigers are clinging to survival in low density populations. The study found that well-protected forests are disappearing and are increasingly fragmented: Of the habitat tigers rely on in Sumatra, 17 percent was deforested between 2000 to 2012 alone. Their findings have renewed fears about the possible extinction of the elusive predators.


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