Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar on July 28, 2020 released the detailed report of Tiger Census (4th) on the eve of Global Tiger Day in New Delhi .
Basic Facts
-India’s tiger population now stands at 2967 which is 70 percent of the global tiger population.
-A feather in India’s cap was added with the Guinness World Records recognizing the country’s efforts as the world largest camera trap survey of wildlife.
–Nearly 30 percent of India’s tigers live outside tiger reserves.
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CA|TS framework: India had embarked upon assessing management interventions through the globally developed Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS) framework, which will now be extended to all fifty tiger reserves across the country.
-Nearly 17 of the 50 reserves are approaching the peak of their capacity at sustaining their populations.
-Sex ratio of tigers in all camera trap sites has been carried out for the first time.
-India hosts 70% of the world’s tigers.
-India is tirelessly working with all 13 tiger range countries towards nurturing the tiger.
LIDAR based survey technology: Union Ministry is working on a programme in which efforts would be made to provide water and fodder to animals in the forest itself to deal with the challenge of human-animal conflict which is causing deaths of animals. For this LIDAR based survey technology will be used for the first time. Lidar is a method for measuring distances by illuminating the target with laser light and measuring the reflection with a sensor.
St. Petersburg declaration and Global Tiger Day: The Heads of the Governments of Tiger Range countries at St. Petersburg, Russia, had resolved to double tiger numbers across their global range by 2022 by signing the St. Petersburg declaration on tiger conservation. During the said meeting it was also decided to celebrate July 29 as Global Tiger Day across the world, which is since, being celebrated to spread and generate awareness on tiger conservation.
4th All India Tiger Estimation is unique in the following ways;
Abundance index of co-predators and other species has been carried out which hitherto was restricted only to occupancy
Sex ratio of tigers in all camera trap sites has been carried out for the first time.
Anthropogenic effects on tiger population have been elaborated in a detailed manner.
Tiger abundance within pockets in tiger reserves has been demonstrated for the first time.
(Source: PIB and The Hindu)
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