Conservation zoologist Ullas Karanth stresses strict land protection over coexistence

Renowned conservation zoologist K. Ullas Karanth argued that India needs protected land habitats, effective forest departments, and strict law enforcement rather than community coexistence models.

Karanth noted that India's high human population density and heavy biomass dependence make wildlife coexistence challenging compared to low-density regions like the Brazilian Amazon.

Protected areas currently cover just 4% of India's total land area, which Karanth considers inadequate given that humans and livestock comprise 95% of mammalian biomass.