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 was no good news for Odisha in the latest national tiger population report released in New Delhi on Tuesday. The report, released by Union environment, forest and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar, estimated 30.5% increase in tiger population from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 by 2014. Odisha, which once …
In a first of its kind exercise, India has conducted economic valuation of six of its tiger reserves and placed their value at Rs 1,49,900 crore. The study has also noted that these six reserves have been generating annual monetary benefits worth Rs 7,970 crore. The six tiger reserves which …
Uttarakhand is now second only to Karnataka in tiger density, the new tiger census released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday has revealed. With 340 tigers, the state left Madhya Pradesh (308) behind at number three. With an increase of 113 animals between 2010 and 2014, Uttarakhand …
India’s tiger count has gone up by more than 30 per cent in the past four years, according to a latest study on tiger population which was released on Tuesday. The study put the number at 2,226, up from 1,706 in 2010 when the last such tiger-counting exercise was undertaken. …
A single ecological continuum spread across three states of India in the biodiversity rich Western Ghats region holds the world's single-largest tiger population, according to a government report. A single ecological continuum spread across three states of India in the biodiversity rich Western Ghats region holds the world's single-largest tiger …
India's tiger population has increased by nearly a third to 2,226, a government survey showed on Tuesday, boosting conservation efforts in the country with the biggest population of the endangered big cats. The 2014 Status of Tigers in India report said tiger numbers rose by 30.5 percent in four years, …
India's tiger population has increased by nearly a third to 2,226, a government survey showed on Tuesday, boosting conservation efforts in the country with the biggest population of the endangered big cats. The 2014 Status of Tigers in India report said tiger numbers rose by 30.5 percent in four years, …
Even as the state forest department is happy with the marginal rise in tiger numbers from 169 in 2010 to 190 in 2014, are these numbers arrived at by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) indisputable? In 2010, in Maharashtra, WII had given a …
Rajasthan too has kept pace with the increase in tiger numbers nationally. If according to the 2010 census, the total number of tigers in Rajasthan was 36, now the number stands at 52, which is almost 44% increase. Ranthambore is brimming with tigers, while Sariska with larger geographical area is …
The latest tiger census results showing a 30% increase in Big Cat numbers in four years throws up a crucial question for conservationists and policy-makers: how many tigers can India's forests hold without large scale man-animal conflicts coming into play? Experts say although more than 5,000 tigers can be accommodated …
Western Ghats Landscape complex holds world’s single largest population India now has 70 per cent of the tiger population in the world with the latest assessment estimating 2,226 big cats, up 30 per cent from 1,706 in 2010, show preliminary estimates in “Status of Tigers in India, 2014.” The largest …
A day before the release of the all-India tiger census report, wildlife buffs in the state have a reason to rejoice. While the big cat population inside the Sunderbans' tiger reserve area is believed to be stable, photographs of at least three cubs from outside the reserve area indicate that …
This is the third round of the country level assessment of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey, using the refined methodology. As a country having the maximum number of tigers and their source area, India also has the unique distinction of embarking on this refined methodology across all forested habitats and tiger …
Uttar Pradesh may soon get its fourth tiger reserve, thanks to big cats strolling into the state from Madhya Pradesh's Panna reserve. The state government has proposed to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary in Chitrakoot (Bundelkhand region) into tiger reserve given its proximity to Panna. The two reserves are located at …
Even though the government has taken various measures to protect Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans, its poaching is on the rise with 49 being killed in last 14 years (2001-2014), according to forest department data. Among the 49 tigers, 17 were killed in the Sundarbans east zone of the forest …
Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR) and the wildlife sanctuaries in Radhanagari and Sagareshwar will soon be equipped with more camera traps, tents and wireless systems. The department is spending Rs 71 lakh on the new equipment. The department has received approval from the state forest department to purchase the equipment and …
Thousands of tribal people allegedly evicted from a tiger reserve in central India that inspired Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book must be allowed to return to their ancestral forest homes, said an indigenous rights group. Around 450 families - totaling up to 3,000 people - from the Baiga and Gond …
NAGPUR: The four-member high-powered committee set up by ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEFCC) to study the impact of Human dam project on tiger corridor and provide suggestions to ensure integrity of corridor has failed to submit a report even after four months. The committee was formed on …
Alarmed by the critically endangered status of vultures in the country, the forthcoming tiger census will also include the count of raptors from the respective States along with big cats. The report of the tiger census is expected to be released by January 20. The initiative has raised hopes for …
Prof. ABM. Mosharraf Husain, Bagerhat :The very existence of Royal Bengal Tiger in Sundarbans is threatened. The Forest Department could not take any effective measure for the safety and security of Royal Bengal tigers , the main attraction and the virtual guards of Sundarban forest. According to the latest statistics, …
