Nagpur: The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is facing a natural catastrophe around 2021, when all the bamboo plants there flower and die at the same time, leaving herbivores without food for months, and disturbing the ecological balance. The wildlife wing of Maharashtra Forest Department plans to manage this phenomenon, known as gregarious flowering, by planting 36 lakh new bamboo saplings over the next four years. This will ensure continuous supply of green shoots for herbivores, on whom the carnivore species depend for food. Tigers and other carnivores are flourishing in Tadoba because of its widespread bamboo growth. As per 2016-17 census, there are 48 tigers in the core and another...
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