Survival of tigers is dependent on conservation and management efforts. To gauge the success of conservation efforts as well as to guide management inputs, it is important to assess the effectiveness of management of Tiger Reserves. This publication aims at compiling management issues and key recommendations evolved from different cycles …
There have been hundreds of statements made about the future of the tiger over the last few years in India and around the world. Millions of dollars have been spent on conferences, expert meetings and the bureaucracies that support them. Presidents, Prime Ministers and politicians in many parts of the …
as the countdown to the 50th anniversary of India's independence progressed, 320 Members of Parliament ( mps) signed an appeal to the Prime Minister to save the tiger whose numbers have fallen drastically over the past 50 years. The signatories comprised 98 members of the Rajya Sabha and 222 member …
according to Russian scientists who have pioneered a method that uses sniffer dogs to count Siberian tigers, conservationists have overestimated the number of the endangered species. Last year, a survey backed by the World Wide Fund for Nature ( wwf ), estimated that there were between 415 to 475 animals …
prominent wildlife scientist, Ulhas Karanth, recently called for a new tiger count system. Karanth's suggestions include a range of new and simpler techniques of counting tigers which he said could prove to be better than the pugmark method that was being commonly used by the government. Techniques like the 'camera …
the future of Indian lions and tigers was said to be bleak. Some us scientists had reported extremely low genetic diversity in their populations, that made their conservation difficult. They would meet the same fate as that of the almost extinct African Cheetah, it was being said. But some Indian …
The Royal Bengal Tiger is the symbol of conservation efforts in India. Launched in 1973, Project Tiger was initiated with much fanfare, but after its initial success, things went astray. The tiger population had dwindled to an alarmingly low 1,827. In the late 19805 and early 19905, the tiger population …
THE methodology used in conducting tiger count in several sanctuaries and national parks in India has currently come under focus and has given rise to a stormy debate. The focus has shifted from how many tigers are there in the country to what method should be adopted to count the …
On the working methodology of EIA: We gather information by making video films on people, recording their views and taking photographs. On information gathered for campaigns in India: I have spent three months in India and have pooled-in a lot of information. People will be surprised to know the enormous …
A RECENT series of studies on conservation in Russia revealed that the country's vast network of zapovedniki (wildlife sanctuaries), once the strictest and most extensive in the world, is now on the brink of collapse. Funding for the zapovedniki>/I> is scarce owing to the fact that despite its vast size, …
Bhutan has set out on a tiger conservation project and has initiated a survey to check out the exact number of tigers in the country. According to Karma Tshering, programme coordinator of the Bhutan. Tiger Conservation Project of the ministry of agriculture, "The project was initiated because we wanted to …
THE Indian tiger has once again grabbed international attention - for all the wrong reasons. The last two months have seen a massive hype being bat up with the release of two controversial reports, both by Britain-based conservation organisations - the Tiger Trust and the Environment Investigation Agency (EIA). Both …
the recent tirade launched by international conservation organisations has at last forced the Indian government to wake up to the prevailing state of the Indian tiger. The ministry of environment and forests ( mef ) has acknowledged that a "serious crisis' threatens the Indian tiger. mef has also accepted the …
• India achieved another milestone in nuclear research when Kamini , the mini nuclear reactor using uranium 233 as fuel, attained criticality last month. With this, India became the only country in the world to use uranium 233, derived from thorium, as a fuel in a nuclear mode. • In …
The controversy over funding projects for saving the Indian tiger is getting thicker. The Worldwide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-I) is planning to take legal action against Michael Day of the UK-based Tiger Trust who had alleged that WWF-I had acquired large funds but had failed to check the decline in …
a london-based non-governmental organisation's ( ngo ) controversial report has caused a flutter amongst the votaries of conservation here. The Big Cat Cover Up , a report on the "truth behind the Indian tiger crisis' published by Michael Day, has not only severely criticised the Central and various state governments, …
the tigers of Uttar Pradesh (up) are having a bad time. According to the latest tiger census carried out in 1995, the tiger population of the state has declined to its lowest since 1984. Their number has fallen to 424 as against 465 in 1993. The 1993 figure itself had …
THE main objective of the research con- ducted by P C Kotwal and Rajesh Gopal (officers involved with Project Tiger) was to observe the loyalty tigers felt towards their respective domains. The patterns of behaviour exhibited in the post-natal period were also under scrutiny. The experts conducted their research at …
Given the pace of development and the concurrent c1cstructionofforests in Vietnam, the Indochina tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) could well be on the path of extinction. The dwindling numbers of these tigers could be attributed to con- tinned hunting, poaching and destruction of Vietnam's already denuded forests. Ali additional threat to …
The tiger is threatened almost exclusively by human action. It can only be saved from early extinction if effective measures are taken to combat the threats listed in this document. The immediate threat to its survival is the growing demand for its part for use in oriental medicine. Thus, urgent …
