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2023 7:46PM by PIB Delhi The year 2023 holds special significance for |
conservation community and for the National Tiger Conservation Authority |
(NTCA), a statutory body under Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate |
Change, as several conservation milestones were achieved during the current |
year. Project Tiger completes 50 years:- The Centrally Sponsored Scheme – |
Project Tiger that has put the endangered wild tigers of India on assured path |
of recovery has completed 50 years of successful implementation. A |
commemorative event “Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger” was |
inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India in Mysuru, Karnataka on 9th |
April 2023. The Prime Minister also released the publications \- ‘Amrit Kaal |
Ka Vision For Tiger Conservation’, a summary report of the 5th cycle of |
Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves, summary report of All |
India Tiger Estimation (5th cycle) and declared tiger numbers. He also |
released a commemorative coin on the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger. |
India is now home to more than 70% of world's wild tigers:- As per the 5th |
cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2022 summary report released by Hon'ble |
Prime Minister of India during Project Tiger’s commemorative event, India has |
a minimum of 3167 tigers and now is home to more than 70% of wild tiger |
population of the world. Further data analysis using latest statistical models |
for camera-trapped and non-camera-trapped tiger presence areas, the upper |
limit of the tiger population is estimated to be 3925 and the average number |
is 3682 tigers, reflecting a commendable annual growth rate of 6.1% per annum. |
This remarkable conservation feat has been achieved due to the pioneering |
initiatives undertaken by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, |
Government of India in collaboration with State Governments. Launch of |
International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA):- During the commemorative program, the |
Hon’ble Prime Minister launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) for |
conservation of seven big cats namely Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, |
Cheetah, Jaguar and Puma that inhabit our planet. The alliance aims to reach |
out to range countries covering the natural habitats of Tiger, Lion, Snow |
Leopard, Puma, Jaguar, and Cheetah. IBCA would further strengthen global |
cooperation and efforts to conserve the wild denizens, especially the big |
cats. Amrit Kaal Ka Vision For Tiger Conservation:- Released by the Prime |
Minister during the commemorative event, the vision plan aims to sustain |
tigers for posterity while preserving tangible and intangible gains derived |
from tiger reserves through landscape level planning, sectoral integration and |
convergence. Successful reintroduction of cheetah :- Cheetah is the only large |
carnivore that has been extirpated in India over historical times. A project |
to bring back Cheetah by way of introduction has been launched. As part of the |
project, consultative bilateral meetings and negotiations were held with |
Republic of Namibia and Republic of South Africa. The bilateral negotiations |
culminated with signing of MoUs with Republic of Namibia and Republic of South |
Africa on 20th July 2022 and 17th January 2023 respectively. These MoUs |
facilitate biodiversity conservation with specific focus on conservation and |
restoration of cheetah in their former range areas from which they went |
extinct. Following the signing of MoU with Republic of Namibia, a first of |
batch eight cheetahs have been successfully translocated from Namibia to Kuno |
National Park and on 17th September 2022, the cheetahs were released into |
quarantine enclosure by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. Under the |
provisions of the MoU signed with South Africa,12 Cheetahs (7 males, 5 |
females) were translocated from South Africa to Kuno National Park, Madhya |
Pradesh, India on 18th February 2023. As per the Action Plan, work is under |
progress at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh for establishing |
the second home for cheetah meta population. At present there are 15 Cheetah |
in Kuno including a cub borne on the Indian soil. More cheetahs are to be |
imported soon for introduction in Gandhisagar Wildlife Sanctuary. Cheetah |
interpretation centre, training centre, museum, research centre and safari are |
being planned at Sesaipura near Kuno. Further, a conservation breeding program |
of cheetahs in Banni grasslands of Gujarat has also been approved. Management |
Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Tiger Reserves:- In order to assess the |
management effectiveness of tiger reserves, the NTCA has been undertaking |
"Management Effective Evaluation" (MEE) at an interval of 4 years. Adopted |
from the framework of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and |
Natural Resources (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas, Management |
Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) has emerged as the most important tool to |
assist and improve the management perspectives of Tiger Reserves and their |
associated landscape connectivity. The 5th cycle of MEE was carried out during |
2022 for 51 tiger reserves the report was released during the ‘Global Tiger |
Day Event 2023’ in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand on 29th July 2023. A |
total of 12 Tiger Reserves have achieved ‘Excellent ’ category, followed by 21 |
Tiger Reserves in ‘Very Good’ category, 13 Tiger Reserves in ‘Good ’ category |
and 5 Tiger Reserves in ‘Fair ’ category. Reintroduction of tigers :- As a |
part of active management to rebuild wild tiger population in tiger reserves |
where tigers became locally extinct recently, the initiative of tiger |
reintroduction has been undertaken. Under this active management initiative, |
tigers have been re-introduced in the western part of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve |
(Uttarakhand), Madhav National Park (Madhya Pradesh), Mukundra Hills Tiger |
Reserve and Ramgarh Vishdhari (Rajasthan). Efforts are on to reintroduce |
tigers in the Buxa Tiger Reserve soon. Declaration of new Tiger Reserves:- |
With declaration of new tiger reserve “Rani Durgavati" in Madhya Pradesh, the |
total number of tiger reserves in the county has gone up to 54 with more than |
78,000 Square KM area and covers more than 2.30% of geographical area of |
India. Conservation Assured' Tiger Standards (CA|TS) accreditation of Tiger |
Reserves in India:- Conservation Assured) Tiger Standards (CA|TS) is a set of |
criteria which allows tiger sites to check if their management will lead to |
successful tiger conservation as per the international standards. In the |
current year, six tiger reserves namely Kali, Melghat, Navegaon – Nagzira, |
Pilibhit and Periyar have been awarded with CA|TS accreditation. So far a |
total of 23 tiger reserves of India have received CA|TS accreditation. |
Bilateral co-operation with Tiger Range Countries: - For fostering |
transboundary conservation of tigers across India and Bangladesh in Sundarban |
landscape, a bilateral meeting was held on 14 th February 2023 at Kolkata, |
West Bengal. For promoting tiger conservation in Cambodia, both India and |
Cambodia have signed a MoU on "Cooperation in biodiversity conservation and |
sustainable wildlife management recovery strategy of tiger and its habitat". |
As part of bilateral initiative, the Indian delegation visited Cambodia for |
assessing the field situation and the capacity building requirements for tiger |
reintroduction initiative in Cambodia. International award to tiger reserves:- |
During 2022-23, Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) and Pench Tiger Reserve |
(Maharashtra) jointly and Satpura Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) have been |
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