Bengaluru: Karnataka which houses the maximum number of tigers is all set to get an increased share in funds for tiger conservation across 49 other tiger reserves in the country, from the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change.

“The funding is increased from Rs 180 crore to Rs 380 crore. Add to it the 40% stakeholder funding, it will be increased to Rs 500 crore,” said a senior Forest official from Karnataka who is is attending a three-day Global Tiger Forum organised by Ministry of Environment, National Tiger Conservation Authority among others in New Delhi.

The funds will be used to increase tiger density in the state by increasing the area to mitigate conflicts, strengthen tiger and elephant corridors and buy land to increase forest cover.

The funds will be used to increase the area to mitigate conflicts, strengthen tiger and elephant corridors and buy land to increase forest cover.

Karnataka houses 406 tigers of the 2,226 in India as per the latest Tiger Census report. There are a total of 776 tigers in the Western Ghats stretch, in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Goa. That makes it the richest and most densely tiger-populated landscape in the world.