Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district has been given the TX2 award after its tiger numbers doubled to 80 since 2010.
- The Bardia National Park (BNP) in Nepal has also won this year’s TX2 award for doubling the population of wild tigers.
About TX2 Award
- The awards are presented by the Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), Fauna and Flora International (FFI), Global Tiger Forum (GTF), IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP), Panthera, UNDP, The Lion’s Share, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WWF.
- These organisations celebrate the 10thanniversary of all 13 tiger range countries committed to doubling the global population of wild tigers by 2022.
About Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
- Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary was declared a tiger reserve in 2013.
- The reserve that spread across 1,411.60 sq km is an important link between the Nilgiris and Eastern Ghats landscape.
- The Nilgiri biosphere landscape that this reserve is part of is currently the home to the largest tiger population in the world.
- The reserve is connected to other well-established tiger habitats like Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Bandipur Tiger Reserve and BR Hills Tiger Reserve.
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