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 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Death of Endangered Animals, 06/12/2016. The number of deaths of endangered animals in the country is not collated at the level of the Ministry. The management of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, including census of wild animals, control of poaching of wild life, etc., …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Death of tigers, 05/12/2016. As per the country level assessment of tiger population, done once in four years, using the refined methodology, there is 30% increase in tiger numbers countrywide in 2014 with an estimated number of 2226 (range 1945-2491) as compared to 2010 …
Human-nature relations are diverse, multifaceted and often contradictory, especially the relationships with animals. Mishmi people living on the Sino-India border claim tigers to be their brothers and take credit for tiger protection as they observe taboos against hunting tigers. Drawing on this notion of relatedness with tigers, local residents of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Project Tiger, 29/11/2016. Project Tiger is implemented in 50 tiger reserves spread over 18 tiger range States of the country as of now. It is one of the most successful conservation programme in the world which has brought the endangered tiger on assured path …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Illegal Deforestation and Mining, 29/11/2016. The Government of India through the National Tiger Conservation Authority has taken a number of milestone initiatives to protect and conserve tiger and other wildlife. The details are at Annexure-I.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Population of tigers, 28/11/2016. The assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey 2014 using the refined methodology has shown estimated number of 2226 (range 1945-2491) tigers in the country. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I. All India Tiger Estimation, 2014 has …
Karnataka which accounts for one of the highest number of Royal Bengal Tigers in the country has seen 37 tiger deaths since 2013. According to official statistics provided in four years out of 37 tiger deaths 33 tigers died of natural reasons. According to B Ramanath Rai, Forest Minister of …
Uttar Pradesh will set up a special Tiger Protection Force to combat the poaching of tigers and smuggling of their organs. The conservation initiative has been set in motion keeping in mind a large number of complaints received by UP's forest and wildlife department, of poaching attempts in and outside …
Twenty-nine tigers have died in poaching activities this year, the government on Tuesday said while asserting it has taken several steps for conservation and protection of the big cats. Till November 16 this year, 29 tigers have died due to poaching, 32 due to natural causes while 37 other cases …
Tiger deaths have registered an increase of 25 per cent this year, with the toll recorded at 98 compared to last year's 78. The data was shared by Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. The figure includes deaths due to natural causes and …
With massive infrastructure plans threatening all tiger landscapes and risking recent gains in tiger conservation, Asian governments must adopt a sustainable approach to infrastructure planning and construction or drive tigers toward extinction, according to a new analysis by WWF. Released at the halfway point of an ambitious global effort to …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Protection of tigers, 21/11/2016. Based on the country level All India Tiger Estimation done once in four years, the number of tigers in different tiger range States are at Annexure-I. The tiger reserve-wise number of tigers, as per latest estimation is at Annexure-II. Several …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Protection of tigers, 21/11/2016. Based on the country level All India Tiger Estimation done once in four years, the number of tigers in different tiger range States are at Annexure-I. The tiger reserve-wise number of tigers, as per latest estimation is at Annexure-II. Several …
BARDIYA, Nov 21: Census of endangered tiger has begun in Bardiya National Park from Sunday. The counting is being carried out with camera-trapping technology placed in various areas of the park. Deputy Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) Maheshwar Dhakal and Mid-western Regional Forest …
India has recorded the highest number of seizure of tigers and parts among all 13 tiger range countries, accounting for 44 per cent, according to a report by wildlife trade monitor. Titled 'Reduced To Skin And Bones Re-Examined: Full Analysis', the report said such incidents of smuggling of tiger and …
With Satkosia Tiger Reserve almost counting its last big cats, Wildlife Wing of the Odisha Government is busy working on a tiger restocking plan for the habitat. It is seeking a tie-up with Tadoba Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra for two pairs of large cats which could be relocated and released …
Pilibhit: The annual phase four counting of tigers at the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR), jointly conducted by PTR and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will begin from Thursday. The counting will be conducted in two stages, each spanning a period of 30 days. Officials said the process should …
NAINITAL: Kumaon’s western forest circle constitutes one-third of the tiger population of the country which is outside of tiger reserves, with 130 big cats living in the region, according to a new report. The report is based on studies of tiger habitats conducted by the forest department from November 2015 …
KOLKATA: The number of big cats in the Indian Sunderbans is healthy and rising. A recent camera-trap exercise has spotted at least 9 more tigers over last year's figures in the entire mangroves, including the tiger reserve area and the South 24-Parganas forest division. The assessment exercise by the ministry …
PUNE: As many as 76 tigers were reported dead in the country from January to October this year, the highest mortality figure since 2010. Though 41 of the 76 deaths are still being investigated, the remaining have been attributed to direct or indirect human intervention such as poaching, poi soning, …
