India has doubled its tiger population in just over a decade, thanks to conservation efforts that protect habitats, curb poaching, and boost local communities.

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 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.