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Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr. Bhupender Yadav, released a report on the status of leopards in India, on 29 February 2024, in New Delhi. The fifth cycle of leopard population estimation (2022) in India focused on forested habitats within 18 tiger states, covering four major tiger conservation landscapes.
Camera traps were strategically placed at 32,803 locations, resulting in a total of 4,70,81,881 photographs, and 85,488 photo-captures of leopards alone. It was carried out by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute of India, in collaboration with state Forest Departments as part of the quadrennial Monitoring of Tiger, co-predators, prey and their habitat exercise in tiger range states.
India’s leopard population is estimated at 13,874 (range:12,616-15,132) individuals, representing stable population. This estimate represents a population of 70% of leopard habitat.
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