"According to a recently published study, “the tiger is one of the most charismatic and highly protected wild species in India.” And that philosophy of appreciation and protection for the big cat has led to environmental wins beyond growing the species’ population.
The study found that the creation of tiger reserves between 2005 and 2022 led to “significantly” less deforestation in the areas where the reserves are. That, in turn, also reduced the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, preventing over 1 million metric tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere over the past 15 years or so.
From an economic perspective, those avoided emissions from tiger conservation efforts corresponded to more than $6 million in savings for India between 2007 and 2020."
“Our study provides a comprehensive appraisal of the national tiger conservation policy in India, demonstrating there are important ancillary climate co-benefits of enhanced protection in tiger reserves,” the study reads, continuing, “Our findings offer empirical evidence at a broad geographical scale to support a biodiversity-first approach to climate change mitigation.”
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