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awarded with Tx2 award, which is instituted by a consortium of international |
organization namely GEF, UNDP, IUCN, WWF and GTF. Tiger Mortality : There have |
been reports in the media highlighting the high number of tiger deaths in 2023 |
in India without considering the context of tiger ecology and the stringent |
diligence which is exercised by the Government of India in ascertaining the |
cause of this mortality. Unreliable and unauthentic data from third parties |
has been highlighted in the media sensationalizing the entire issue. The |
National Tiger Conservation Authority has a strict protocol to assign a cause |
to a tiger death, which is treated as unnatural unless the State in question |
can prove otherwise through submission of necropsy reports, histopathological |
and forensic assessments, along with photographs and circumstantial evidence. |
This protocol is outlined in a dedicated Standard Operating Procedure. The |
reason for these tigers' deaths can only be determined after a thorough |
analysis of these documents. These findings are reflected in the website of |
the NTCA in order to ensure complete transparency and present a true picture |
of tiger deaths to all audience. As of December 25, 2023, 177 tiger deaths |
have occurred in the country and not 202 as has been incorrectly reported. |
This is predominantly in States which have a robust tiger population and have |
habitats which are functioning at their carrying capacity. Maharashtra has |
registered the highest number of deaths at 45 followed by Madhya Pradesh at |
40, Uttarakhand at 20, Tamil Nadu at 15 and Kerala at 14. In addition, 54 |
percent of these have taken place outside tiger reserves. While the average of |
a tiger in the wild is around 10-12 years, 40 percent of tiger deaths in 2023 |
are composed of cubs and subadults, age classes which have naturally high |
mortality rates due to tiger land tenurial dynamics. Of the cases where the |
cause has been confirmed, the trend is evident with more than 77% being due to |
natural causes or causes not attributable to poaching. Wild tigers in India |
are growing at a healthy rate of 6% per year, which balances the loss of |
tigers due to various natural causes and maintains tiger population as per the |
carrying capacity of the habitat. It is important to recognize that natality |
and mortality are natural occurrences, and that the high annual recruitment, |
as seen by this robust growth rate, more than offsets the average number of |
tiger mortalities per year in the nation. India's Project Tiger has made |
tremendous progress in tiger conservation over the past five decades, but |
challenges like poaching, habitat fragmentation continue to pose threats to |
tiger conservation. However, NTCA is working relentlessly with Forest |
Departments of Tiger Range States in protecting the tiger habitats and |
corridors that are crucial for securing the future of India's tigers and their |
ecosystems for generations to come. **** MJPS (Release ID: 1991620) Visitor |
Counter : 629 Read this release in: Hindi Ministry of Environment, Forest and |
Climate Change Achievements of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) |
during the year 2023 Posted On: 29 DEC 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 |
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