On the occasion of the International Tiger Day, Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav attended the Global Tiger Day 2022 Celebrations held on July 29 at Chandrapur Forest Academy, Maharashtra.
Key highlights
- The Ministers, along with other delegates, visited Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). Tadoba Anderi Tiger Reserve has a landscape with a high-density of tigers that co-exist with the local population.
- Shri Yadav was deeply appreciative of the dedication of the staff in carrying out enforcement activities specially the mobile application based smart patrolling called MSTRIPES.
- Global Tiger Day (29 July) celebrations were held in Forest Academy in Chandrapur.
- He said that the Government of India has demonstrated its commitment to tiger conservation by increasing number of tiger reserves from initial nine in 1973 to the current 52, the latest being Ramgarh Vishdhari in Rajasthan.
- The declaration to celebrate Global Tiger Day was taken on 29th July 2010 at St Petersberg in order to bring all tiger range countries together for increased thrust on tiger conservation and management globally. Since then this day is symbolically celebrated as Global Tiger Day.
