‘Tigers belong where they can meet their existing needs’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Tigers belong where they can meet their existing needs’

The Hindu  

“Tigers belong where their feet take them; where their senses tell them that they are safe to occupy an area. They belong where they can meet their existing needs,” said Pranav Chanchani, national lead for tiger conservation at the World Wide Fund for Nature, India. Delivering a talk on ‘Tigers amidst People, People amidst Tigers: Making Conservation Work in Multi-Use Landscapes’, Mr. Chanchani said, “There is a question of where people and tigers should reside. They belong where they can meet their existing needs.” He added that establishing a protected area or reserve does not guarantee conservation success. “If you look at the 500 odd protected areas across India and conservation outcomes of not only tigers but a variety of species, the conservation outcomes are very mixed.

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Telangana awaits Centre’s nod for conservation reserve
1 month ago

Telangana awaits Centre’s nod for conservation reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department plans to develop the existing corridor between the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and the Kawal Tiger Reserve into a conservation reserve. Under Section 36A of WLPA, 1972, the state government may, after consulting local communities, declare any government-owned area, particularly those adjacent to national parks and sanctuaries or linking protected areas, as a conservation reserve. The …

Should tribals be relocated from protected areas?
2 months, 1 week ago

Should tribals be relocated from protected areas?

New Indian Express  

A recent communication from the National Tiger Conservation Authority to all states to relocate tribals living in core zones of the Project Tiger areas has once again ignited a tiger vs tribals debate. About 65,000 families in 19 Project Tiger areas have to be relocated so as to free up the core inviolate areas from any disturbance to tigers. This …

Don’t disturb tigers, dwellers on Karnataka forest fringes told
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Don’t disturb tigers, dwellers on Karnataka forest fringes told

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: With the increasing reports of tiger migration being noted by experts and forest staffers and captured by camera traps, state forest department officials are now working with the locals, asking them to stay away from wandering tigers. The department has also taken up a study of wandering tigers and is creating awareness among people to reduce conflict and deaths …

Chhattisgarh govt announces a new tiger reserve, fourth in the state
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh govt announces a new tiger reserve, fourth in the state

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday announced its decision to declare a new tiger reserve, covering areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary in the state. The new reserve, called the ‘Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve’, will be the fourth in the state after Indravati, Udanti-Sitanadi and Achanakmar. “The new tiger reserve will help develop …

Project Tiger to displace 5.5 lakh tribals, says rights group report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Project Tiger to displace 5.5 lakh tribals, says rights group report

The Hindu  

Project Tiger will displace at least 5.5 lakh Scheduled Tribes and other forest dwellers, a report released by a New Delhi-based rights group on the International Tiger Day on Monday said. Visual story: Waking to the call of the wild According to the report by the Rights and Risks Analysis Group, some 1,60,000 people out of about 2,90,000 people to …

Amrabad becomes India’s second largest tiger reserve
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Amrabad becomes India’s second largest tiger reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

In an interview with Deccan Chronicle, a reserve official revealed that the tiger population has grown significantly from just seven tigers in 2018. The introduction of more stringent anti-poaching measures and continuous monitoring has played a crucial role in safeguarding these majestic creatures," another official stated. The reserve management is actively collaborating with local communities, educating them on the importance …

Forest department tracks Maharashtra tiger in Telangana's Kumurambheem Asifabad
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Forest department tracks Maharashtra tiger in Telangana's Kumurambheem Asifabad

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Forest department is currently tracking a male tiger that made its way into the Kumurambheem Asifabad district from Maharashtra. Elusing Meru, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and in-charge Chief Wildlife Warden told TNIE that the tiger is moving along the corridor and is yet to enter the core area of the Kawal Tiger Reserve. Jogu Yellam, field biologist …

Rewilding of rescued tiger in Anamalai Tiger Reserve continues without large in-situ enclosure for prey animals
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Rewilding of rescued tiger in Anamalai Tiger Reserve continues without large in-situ enclosure for prey animals

The Hindu  

A juvenile tiger that is being rehabilitated in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve is yet to have a large in-situ enclosure, which is necessary for the carnivore to learn hunting prey in a bigger forest terrain, as per the Standard Operating Procedure of the National Tiger Conservation Authority. However, the NTCA’s SOP to deal with orphaned/abandoned tiger cubs and old/injured tigers …

Letters to The Editor — March 8, 2024
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — March 8, 2024

The Hindu  

Even at Jim Corbett. Jim Corbett National Park is the most prominent and internationally well-known tiger reserve. But if this national park of international importance could be encroached upon so audaciously and converted into commercial property in the name of eco-tourism, by felling as many as 6,000 trees, one shudders to think about the fate of other reserve forests around …

K. Ullas Karanth, tiger conservation expert: ‘Not amrit kaal for tiger science in India’ - Frontline
9 months, 2 weeks ago

K. Ullas Karanth, tiger conservation expert: ‘Not amrit kaal for tiger science in India’ - Frontline

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 07, 2024 11:00 IST - 8 MINS READ K. Ullas Karanth is one of the world’s leading tiger conservation experts and has been studying the majestic animal since he began to regularly visit Karnataka’s Nagarahole National Park in the 1960s. He has authored several popular books and innumerable scientific papers on tiger conservation; his most recent book …

Mizoram’s Dampa: A tiger reserve without tigers
10 months ago

Mizoram’s Dampa: A tiger reserve without tigers

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 22, 2024 00:14 IST - 8 MINS READ James, a short man with broad shoulders, extends his beefy hand in a warm welcome. “Most of these belong to villagers living in the buffer zone who enter the forest for firewood and meat.” The foresters’ usual approach is to find a constructive middle ground with the villagers. “There …

Cannot permit zoo in a national park: SC on proposed tiger safari at Corbett
11 months, 1 week ago

Cannot permit zoo in a national park: SC on proposed tiger safari at Corbett

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday told the National Tiger Conservation Authority that its plan to have a tiger safari on the lines of a zoo within a national park, as envisaged at the Jim Corbett national park, cannot be permitted as the approach has to be “animal-centric” and not “tourism-centric”. Cannot permit zoo in a national park: SC …

‘Shocking’: SC on absence of tiger conservation plan for Rajaji tiger reserve
11 months, 1 week ago

‘Shocking’: SC on absence of tiger conservation plan for Rajaji tiger reserve

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Uttarakhand government for not having in place tiger conservation and national park management plans for two of the crucial tiger reserves at Rajaji and Corbett national parks and directed the state’s top forest officials to be present in court on Thursday to explain the situation. Environment activist and lawyer Gaurav Kumar Bansal …

The government has trapped Project Tiger, now 50, in a tough spot | Explained
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The government has trapped Project Tiger, now 50, in a tough spot | Explained

The Hindu  

Launched in 1973, Project Tiger introduced India’s Tiger Reserves – which have since rapidly ascended in status. Today, Tiger Reserves are hailed worldwide as India’s miraculous success story in environment and forest conservation, especially in this age of climate change. The amendment also didn’t prohibit the diversion of a “tiger’s forest” for development projects, and allowed wildlife to be killed …

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

A tiger that migrated from the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand has been tracked in the Renuka forests of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday. The tiger has been spotted in the Renuka forests of where it arrived in the middle of August, the official said. It was a long-distance migration that saw the tiger cover hundreds of kilometres …

‘I do not buy the claims that Project Tiger has been a spectacular success in recent times’
1 year, 4 months ago

‘I do not buy the claims that Project Tiger has been a spectacular success in recent times’

The Hindu  

“We should have clear-cut goals and aim for that and have measurements to show if we are heading towards the goal or not,” believes leading tiger expert Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, who was part of the recent Nature inFocus Festival, a three-day event in Bengaluru, celebrating nature, wildlife and conservation. You have discussed how our ambition for the tiger project …

Tiger numbers, and fears of surge in man-animal conflict, up outside Corbett
1 year, 4 months ago

Tiger numbers, and fears of surge in man-animal conflict, up outside Corbett

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand forest department is preparing a comprehensive plan to protect tigers and check human-animal conflict after 229 tigers were found outside the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Kumaon, endangering the lives of both the animal as well as of villagers living outside the reserve area. According to the tiger census report released on July 29, there are 260 tigers inside …

India’s tiger population rises, Madhya Pradesh has most big cats
1 year, 4 months ago

India’s tiger population rises, Madhya Pradesh has most big cats

The Hindu  

July 29, 2023 09:56 pm | Updated July 30, 2023 08:08 am IST - NEW DELHI India’s tiger population increased to 3,682 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, according to an estimate released on Saturday. India’s tigers are largely concentrated in 53 dedicated tiger reserves spread across 75,796 square km, spanning about 2.3% of India’s total land area. Enhanced …

Tigress spotted with cubs in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: Official
1 year, 6 months ago

Tigress spotted with cubs in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: Official

Hindustan Times  

Tigress T-124 was spotted with her cubs on Wednesday morning in a camera trap in the Rajbag forest area under zone 3 of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, said a senior forest official. Another Ranthambore tigress, T-117 delivered three cubs on April 15 in the Sarmathura forest area in the Dholpur district, which adjoins RTR, said the official, adding that …

Surviving a tiger attack: How hunters became the hunted
1 year, 6 months ago

Surviving a tiger attack: How hunters became the hunted

The Independent  

Despite living all his life in a remote backwater of India’s Sundarbans, 52-year-old Mihir Sardar’s only experience of tiger attacks was through stories circulated among his fellow villagers. “Now that I have survived the tiger attack, I cannot let another member of my family go through the same.” open image in gallery Boats at Sundarbans Wild Animal Park, Jharkhali There …

Tiger spotting leaves villages in curfew-like limbo
1 year, 7 months ago

Tiger spotting leaves villages in curfew-like limbo

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The sighting of three tigers, suspected to be moving among the fringe villages of the Palnadu district over the past week, has rendered residents fearful of venturing out alone. Forest authorities said that the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is home to 73 tigers, each of which needs a territory of 25-50 sq. The onset of summer has also compounded the …

‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth, leading tiger expert - Frontline
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth, leading tiger expert - Frontline

The Hindu  

Published : May 04, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ With the recent announcement of India’s latest tiger population figures, the striped cats are in the news again. So, even assuming a modest rise in population density to 3 tigers per 100 sq km across the country’s tiger habitats, we can easily reach 10,000 tigers. Highlights “Even assuming a …

How to spot a tiger responsibly
1 year, 7 months ago

How to spot a tiger responsibly

Live Mint  

Fifty years after Project Tiger was launched in 1973 to stem the alarming decline in tiger numbers, India has 53 safe zones for these big cats. Joanna Van Gruisen, who runs The Sarai at Toria with her conservation biologist husband Raghu Chundawat, says eco-lodging is about respecting the wildlife and environment, providing benefit to the communities in which it is …

Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park
1 year, 7 months ago

Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park

Hindustan Times  

A tiger from Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan, who has been roaming around in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur forest for the past two months, has entered Kuno National Park, a forest official said on Monday. Around half a dozen tigers from Ranthambore have entered Kuno in the past eight years The male tiger named T-136 has been trying to make its …

Why tiger numbers can never tell the whole story
1 year, 8 months ago

Why tiger numbers can never tell the whole story

Live Mint  

This year, the Supreme Court’s forest panel indicted a former state minister and Uttarakhand forest staff for illegally creating a zoo safari in the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Genetic studies show that tigers in Valmiki, Satkosia and Simlipal, the hills of the North-East and southern Western Ghats have genetically distinct tiger populations. The 2022 report also points out that the North-East …

Can we democratise tiger conservation in India?
1 year, 8 months ago

Can we democratise tiger conservation in India?

The Hindu  

“It is like a big safari park,” a Russian scientist working on Siberian tigers whispered conspiratorially to us after his first visit to Ranthambore National Park in 1996. But as we celebrate 50 years of the Act, and of the marquee Project Tiger that helped bring back our national animal from the brink of extinction, we also need to reflect …

Burning bright: on the latest quadrennial census of India’s wild tiger population
1 year, 8 months ago

Burning bright: on the latest quadrennial census of India’s wild tiger population

The Hindu  

India’s tiger population in 2022 was at least 3,167 cats, according to the results of the quadrennial census of the tiger population. Being able to ensure an increase in tiger numbers without relying on fenced reserves and by engaging the participation of forest-dwelling communities in conservation are distinct traits of India’s big cat conservation approach. The Western Ghats, while one …

International Tiger Day: India’s tiger population is rising: How will we accommodate the big cats?
1 year, 8 months ago

International Tiger Day: India’s tiger population is rising: How will we accommodate the big cats?

Firstpost  

India is home to 70 per cent of the world’s wild tiger population – approximately 3,682. According to the 5th cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2022 summary report, India has a minimum of 3,167 tigers and is now home to more than 70 per cent of the world’s wild tiger population. Further data analysis using the latest statistical …

Report rates 12 tiger reserves’ management ‘excellent’
1 year, 8 months ago

Report rates 12 tiger reserves’ management ‘excellent’

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Management of 12 tiger reserves out of 53 has been rated as excellent, according to the latest assessment by the National Tiger Conservation Authority released on Sunday. Five tiger reserves --Udanti-Sitanadi, Indravati, Palamau, Similipal and Nagarjunasagar - Srisailam -- which faced challenges due to presence of Maoist insurgents, are also performing well, the evaluation said. The 2022 management …

As tiger count grows, India’s Indigenous demand land rights
1 year, 8 months ago

As tiger count grows, India’s Indigenous demand land rights

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India’s major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday to much applause that the country’s tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship conservation program began 50 years ago after concerns that …

As tiger count grows, India’s Indigenous demand land rights
1 year, 8 months ago

As tiger count grows, India’s Indigenous demand land rights

LA Times  

Tigers roam the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, India, in 2015. It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of India’s major tiger reserves in the southern city of Mysuru, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday to much applause that the country’s tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship …

Karnataka in race with M.P. to emerge as ‘Tiger State’
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka in race with M.P. to emerge as ‘Tiger State’

The Hindu  

Karnataka is in the race with Madhya Pradesh to emerge as the ‘Tiger State’ of the country even as all eyes are on the 2022 tiger enumeration results which will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru on Sunday at an event to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger. Hills Wildlife Sanctuary as tiger reserves so that nearly …

Congress accuses the Narendra Modi government of ‘weakening laws’ on forests and wildlife
1 year, 8 months ago

Congress accuses the Narendra Modi government of ‘weakening laws’ on forests and wildlife

The Hindu  

The Congress on April 1 claimed that the Narendra Modi government was weakening laws on the protection of forests and wildlife for the sake of ease of doing business. Addressing a press conference, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, who was the Environment and Forest minister in the Manmohan Singh government, referred to the proposed amendment to Forest Conservation Act, 1980 …

The Hindu Archives, fifty years ago, March 31, 1973 | A great day for the Indian tiger
1 year, 8 months ago

The Hindu Archives, fifty years ago, March 31, 1973 | A great day for the Indian tiger

The Hindu  

New Delhi, March 30: April 1 promises to be a great day for the Indian tiger which has recently taken the place of the lion as the national animal, as a new project will be launched on that day to save this species from extinction. The Project Tiger, as it is called, will be inaugurated at the famous Corbett National …

4 migrated tigers return to original habitat after failure to get prey
1 year, 9 months ago

4 migrated tigers return to original habitat after failure to get prey

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The four migrated tigers returned to their original habitat, the Thippeshwar Tiger Reserve, since they did not get prey in the Gollaghat area in Bheempur mandal -- where project works were currently ongoing. Field-level forest staff found pug marks of these tigers near the river, indicating that they reentered their original habitat. The Adilabad forest staff set up two …

Andhra Pradesh: Locals find four tiger cubs in Nandyal district, inform forest officials- WATCH
1 year, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Locals find four tiger cubs in Nandyal district, inform forest officials- WATCH

India TV News  

Residents of Pedda Gummadapuram village in the Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh on Monday found four tiger cubs and shifted them to a safe place. Arrangements for protection of wildlife In a crucial development in the direction of protecting wildlife habitats, a Supreme Court-constituted panel on February 7 asked the Union Environment Ministry to amend or withdraw the guidelines related to …

Tigers on the loose worry Adilabad farmers
1 year, 9 months ago

Tigers on the loose worry Adilabad farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

GUNJALA: The farmers of Gollaghat-Tamsi village in Bheempur Mandal, who were panicked with the movement of four tigers in their locality, burnt dry grass in their agriculture fields to chase the migrated big cats away from their agriculture fields and the area in Adilabad district on Saturday. Fearing that the farm works and the crops will be affected by the …

Supreme Court Disapproves Of Building Zoos Inside Tiger Reserves; Stops Constructions Within Core Areas Of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Disapproves Of Building Zoos Inside Tiger Reserves; Stops Constructions Within Core Areas Of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday put a stop to all construction activities in the core areas within tiger reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuaries, amidst the recent controversy over the Uttarakhand government’s proposal to construct animal enclosures inside the Jim Corbett National Park. Until further orders, the authorities are restrained from making any constructions within the core areas of national …

Corbett Tiger Reserve to train villagers as ‘friends’ of tigers and elephants
1 year, 11 months ago

Corbett Tiger Reserve to train villagers as ‘friends’ of tigers and elephants

Hindustan Times  

The Corbett Tiger Reserve administration is mulling to train local villagers as ‘Bagh Mitra’ and ‘Hathi Mitra’ to check man-animal conflict in the Corbett landscape, a senior official said on Wednesday. The Bagh Mitra’ and ‘Hathi Mitra’ will not only make villagers aware of the behaviour of the wild animals but also train them on how to coexist with the …

How many tigers can India’s forests sustain?
1 year, 11 months ago

How many tigers can India’s forests sustain?

Hindustan Times  

Two newsworthy events will occur this year. Second, India’s most successful wildlife conservation venture, Project Tiger, will turn 50 this April, a milestone to be celebrated with another record estimate of tiger numbers. Tigers also don’t understand human-drawn boundaries or maps — national parks, wildlife sanctuaries or tiger reserves. A decade ago, Valmiki Tiger Reserve had fallen off the tiger …

'Save The Tiger': IFS Officer Shares Video of Tigers Enjoying Monsoon With a Message
2 years, 4 months ago

'Save The Tiger': IFS Officer Shares Video of Tigers Enjoying Monsoon With a Message

News 18  

Tiger reserves are restricted areas developed to preserve and repopulate tigers. Tiger reserves are vital to water security in the country as more than 35 rivers originate from these areas. A recent video shows a glimpse of one of the tiger reserves in the country and also brings to notice the lesser-known fact about the role of these restricted areas …

No new construction in tiger reserves’ core areas: NTCA
2 years, 4 months ago

No new construction in tiger reserves’ core areas: NTCA

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority will keep the core areas of tiger reserves inviolate. To strengthen tiger conservation, the meeting decided to keep the core areas inviolate and focus on stakeholders’ capacity building,” tweeted Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav. “We have decided to not allow any new construction in the core areas of tiger reserves. Recently, the Union environment ministry …

Elusive big cat heading to tiger habitat in Eastern Ghats
2 years, 5 months ago

Elusive big cat heading to tiger habitat in Eastern Ghats

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Based on pugmarks being tracked, with latest ones seen on shores of a reservoir on Visakhapatnam-Vizianagaram border, the elusive tiger seems to be heading towards a proper tiger habitat in Eastern Ghats across the Andhra border. Sharing the latest status of the elusive tiger’s movement with Deccan Chronicle, Visakhapatnam forest officer Anant Shankar said fresh pugmarks of a healthy …

Ranthambore tigers move closer to human habitats as numbers rise
2 years, 5 months ago

Ranthambore tigers move closer to human habitats as numbers rise

Hindustan Times  

The Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district has seen a 45% growth in big cat population in last eight years, but it has added to concern as the felines do not have enough space to mark their territory, leading to a dozen moving out and posing danger to nearby human habitats, officials said. Of the total tigers, about …

Rajasthan may get another tiger reserve in the Kumbhalgarh area of Udaipur division
3 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan may get another tiger reserve in the Kumbhalgarh area of Udaipur division

Hindustan Times  

The four-member committee constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority has found Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary in Rajasthan as a potential tiger reserve, officials said. Representative Picture After conducting a survey of the area in the last two months, the committee has found sanctuary potential as the fifth tiger reserve but also raised certain concerns. A senior official of the forest department …

Two tiger reserves in Tamil Nadu earn a global status in conservation
3 years, 3 months ago

Two tiger reserves in Tamil Nadu earn a global status in conservation

The Hindu  

Anamalai Tiger Reserve located at Pollachi near Coimbatore, one of the largest landscapes in the south of Palghat Gap with 4000 sq km of protected area, and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris, a bio-diversity hotspot of the Western Ghats have now earned a global elite tag in tiger conservation. Only 14 reserves made the cut including Parambikulam in …

Tiger Spotted For First Time in Maharashtra’s Guatala Autramghat Sanctuary in 81 Years
3 years, 9 months ago

Tiger Spotted For First Time in Maharashtra’s Guatala Autramghat Sanctuary in 81 Years

News 18  

A tiger has been spotted in Guatala Autramghat Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time since 1940, with officials on Friday stating the big cat has strayed from Tipeshwar Sanctuary in Yavatmal, some 330 kilometres from here, in search of prey. “This tiger, which is a fully grown male, came to the sanctuary around March 11-12 and was spotted in a …

Over a Third of India’s Big Cats Reside Outside Tiger Reserves in Forest Divisions, Sanctuaries: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Over a Third of India’s Big Cats Reside Outside Tiger Reserves in Forest Divisions, Sanctuaries: Report

News 18  

Over a third of India’s wild tiger population resides outside the 50 tiger reserves, the latest All-India Tiger Population Estimation Report has revealed. As many as 1,923 tigers or 65% the total tiger population was found inside tiger reserves and the rest were estimated to have a range that was largely found in neighbouring forest blocks, the government’s report on …

Tiger Corridors Need Urgent Attention to Sustain Conservation of Wild Cat, Govt Report Warns
4 years, 4 months ago

Tiger Corridors Need Urgent Attention to Sustain Conservation of Wild Cat, Govt Report Warns

News 18  

After a long delay, the Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar released the detailed 656–page report on the All India Tiger Population Estimation, 2018, on the eve of Global Tigers Day. Though the tiger population has increased over the year, the government’s detailed report has flagged several issues which need immediate attention, as these issues have the potential to sour the …

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