Needed intervention
Madhya Pradesh, for the second time in eight years, reported 785 tigers or a fifth of the national count. It also reported a 50% rise in tigers since the last census.
Needed intervention
The Wildlife Institute of India and the National Tiger Conservation Authority, responsible for the quadrennial 'tiger census', recently updated their estimates.
Madhya Pradesh, for the second time in eight years, reported 785 tigers or a fifth of the national count. It also reported a 50% rise in tigers since the last census.
In the last two decades, M.P. has reintroduced species such as barasingha (swamp deer) to new habitats such as Satpuda and Bandhavgarh, and the gaur to Bandhavgarh and Sanjay-Dubri tigers reserves. Prey species such as chital (spotted deer) have also been translocated from high density areas.
• The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has been constituted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
The Minister of Environment and Forests is the Chairperson and, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests is the Vice-Chairperson of the body.
• The ‘Project Tiger’ is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. It provides support to tiger range States for in-situ conservation of tigers in designated tiger reserves.
• The national tiger census is done every four years by the NTCA in partnership with state forest departments, conservation NGOs, and the WII.