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1. COMPETING INTERESTS: We have no competing interests either financial or non-financial
2. FUNDING:

This research was supported the grant from the ENVIS division, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India.

1. RESEARCH ETHICS: The publication is based on the original research and has not been submitted elsewhere for publication or web hosting.
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3. PERMISSION TO CARRY OUT FIELDWORK: Our research is commissioned by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (ENVIS Division), Government of India and hence no further permission is required as the field work was carried out in in the non-restricted areas / protected areas.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: We thank Madhumita Dey for assistance in data analyses. We are grateful to the official languages section at IISc for the assistance in language editing.