Bangladesh is one of the world’s most crowded countries, with a density of 3,441 people per square mile — much denser than U.S. cities like Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Kansas City. It has little land to spare. It also is one of the world’s poorer countries. Yet, it is managing to save endangered species like Bengal tigers, whose numbers have grown over the last 9 years:
The latest published census report about the status of tigers in the Bangladesh Sundarbans [mangrove forest], which is considered to be only remaining habitat for tigers in the country, shows that Bangladesh is home to at least 125 adult tigers.
According to the IUCN Red List, the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is an endangered species globally. Data from the Global Tiger Forum shows that, as of 2023, there were 5,574 wild tigers living in 13 tiger range countries.
The survey in Bangladesh, conducted through camera trap evaluation in two different timeframes — Jan. 2 to Apr. 25, 2023, and Nov. 1 to Mar. 28, 2024 — indicates that the big cat population increased by 17.92% from the 2015 survey and 9.65% from the 2018 one…..The Sundarbans mangrove forest covers an area of 10,277 km2 (3,968 mi2), of which 6,017 km2 (2,323 mi2) is in Bangladesh, and the rest in neighboring India.
Other species once declared in Bangladesh due to habitat loss are making a comeback. That includes Nilgais, the largest antelope species in Asia. The animals are reappearing in northwestern Bangladesh, a country that was part of their historical range but where they were declared locally extinct in the 1930s due to habitat loss and hunting.
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