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The Indian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris Linn. 1758), one of the
world's most endangered umbrella carnivore species, is now thought
to be in the verge of extinction in the wild. Sariska National Park
in India is considered to be a highly suitable habitat for the
tigers. However, in 2005, due to extensive poaching there were no
tigers left in this park. There is some hope of further relocation
of tigers from other parts of India in order to conserve them well
under the prevailing conditions. The aim of the study is to model
the tiger habitat suitability with the current human impacts with
integrated Geospatial technology. Our study used topographical and
anthropogenic variables to construct a habitat suitability model
for tigers in this park. According to our model, there are areas of
suitable habitat for tigers within the park. The corresponding
weights for the parameters are defined by knowledge-based approach
determined by field study and literature survey and thereafter by
applying MCDA where AHP (crisp and fuzzy) is applied. The resulting
weights imported in GIS mode and the map obtained from MCDA model
in GIS shows the optimum location for the site suitability for the
tiger.
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