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Dismal Future for the Bengal Tiger

The Sundarbans, the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest, and the largest remaining habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger, is under threat from climate change and the resulting sea level rise and increased salinity of the delta’s waters. As is the iconic Royal Bengal Tiger. A new study in the Science of the Total Environment by a team of scientists led by Sharif A Mukul of the Independent University, Bangladesh has projected a rapid decline in the population of the Bengal tiger by 2050 and a complete loss of the species by 2070.

The study found that climate change and the consequent sea level rise were enough to decimate the tiger from the Sundarbans. It does not take into account threats, such as poaching and illegal trade, disease, other catastrophic events, decline in prey species and human-animal conflict that have already impacted the population of tigers in the Sundarbans, and could hasten the demise of the species from the region.

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