Status of leopards in India, 2018 released by Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar- shows 12,852 leopard, 60% increase in leopard population when we don't have a benchmark.

The report ‘Status of leopards in India, 2018’ distinctly mentions that the the figures is the ‘minimum number’, the way it was launched has depicted that the country has 12,852 leopards. 

 In 2014, the study estimated a minimum leopard population of 7,910 individuals from 18 States covering a study area of 92,164 square kilometers.

 In 2018, the study was expanded to 21 States  with a study area of 121,337 square kilometers, which shows a spatial increase in the size of the study area  by 25%. 

Even number of camera trap locations has increased by nearly threefold.


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