India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities’ living standards near tiger areas.

India now hosts the world's largest tiger population, despite having the highest human density and just 18% of global tiger habitat, according to a new study. In just over a decade, India has doubled its tiger population to more than 3,

India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss and reducing human-wildlife conflict, a study published Thursday found.