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30/07/22 06:22 AM IST

International Tiger Day

In News 
  • A recent IUCN assessment suggests that tiger numbers have increased by 40% since 2005 at the global level.
Tiger Estimation 
  • The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 estimated 2,967 tigers or 75 per cent of the global tiger population in the nation (the biggest increase since 2006).
Conservation Status of Tiger:
  • Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List: Endangered.
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): Appendix I.
Measures taken by India for Conservation of Tiger 
  • Increased Monetary Allocation: In 2019, India invested US$49.4 million in tiger conservation, including relocating villages outside protected areas.
  • Water and fodder scheme: within the reserve so that fewer animals stray out of these reserves and minimize animal-human conflict
  • Increased Conservation efforts: From 28 in 2006, the number of tiger reserves went up to 50 in 2018, spread across 18 states.
  • Recognition of tiger landscapes and the importance of the corridors and their physical delineation at the highest levels of governance
  • Integrating tiger conservation with developmental activities using the power of reliable information in a Geographic Information System database.
  • Smart patrolling and increased vigilance: Organized poaching rackets have been all but crushed. As per Tiger estimation reports, there has been no organized poaching by traditional gangs in Central Indian landscapes since 2013.
  • Improved Conditions for breeding: Tigers are fast breeders when conditions are conducive and increased protection has encouraged the tiger to breed.
  • Rehabilitation of villages: Villages were shifted outside core areas in many parts of the country which led to the availability of more inviolate space for tigers.
Global Measures 
  • India has decided to extend CA|TS across all its tiger reserves: as nearly 30 per cent of India’s tigers are outside tiger reserves
  • This brings India’s total number of registered sites to 94 (including sites outside the Tiger Reserves).
  • Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) program of the World Bank
  • Global Tiger Forum engagement along with partners in areas of Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Security Audit of Tiger Reserves, Management Planning etc.
Source- Indian Express 

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