CHALLENGES FACED BY TAMILNADU

• Notify the buffer area of Kalakad-Mundanthurai and also of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.
• Declare eco-sensitive zone in the vicinity of the tiger reserves to reduce both tourism pressure and minimise man-animal conflict.
• A system of speedy and fair compensation for livestock kills and crop damage to prevent retaliatory killing and win support of local people for wildlife conservation.
• Voluntary relocation of villages/tribal settlements out of core tiger habitats.
• Identify and protect crucial tiger and elephant corridors. The corridor passing close to the Moyar gorge is the last remaining elephant corridor between Western and Eastern Ghats. No developmental activities must be allowed in and around this area
• Fill vacant forest staff posts. Currently there is almost 40 per cent staff shortage.
• Set up Set up Special Tiger Protection Force.