Table 4.
Projected suitable habitats of the three bear species within each province under the current and future scenarios
| Provinces | Present | 2050 | 2070 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sloth bear | Asiatic black bear | Brown bear | Sloth bear | Asiatic black bear | Brown bear | Sloth bear | Asiatic black bear | Brown bear | |
| Koshi | 572.28 | 5723.24 | 257.87 | 152.19 | 5119.86 | 955.97 | 156.79 | 4447.17 | 857.87 |
| Madhesh | 3841.91 | – | – | 319.13 | – | – | 176.15 | – | – |
| Bagmati | 2794.38 | 5279.37 | 612.1 | 1249.23 | 4013.47 | 44.02 | 1467.80 | 4052.95 | 7.17 |
| Gandaki | 655.82 | 7477.29 | 4032.62 | 1171.57 | 8251.00 | 939.05 | 979.15 | 8485.40 | 241.04 |
| Lumbini | 2255.89 | 1901.47 | - | 1379.07 | 1528.36 | - | 1606.22 | 1430.47 | |
| Karnali | 679.07 | 5284.78 | 1250.38 | 474.65 | 5640.10 | 4.65 | 831.04 | 4225.13 | - |
| Sudurpaschim | 173.08 | 3808.03 | - | 201.7 | 1614.36 | - | 843.02 | 1882.01 | - |
| Total | 10,972.43 | 29,474.19 | 6152.97 | 4947.55 | 26,167.15 | 1943.69 | 6060.18 | 24,523.14 | 1106.08 |