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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 |
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) |
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Timestamp: 2023-12-30 12:05:42.463882 |
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