Tiger Conservation

Challenges galore in tiger conservation in India: Status Tiger-2022 report

Though the tiger population has increased to more than double from 1,411 in 2006 to 3,167 in 2022, there were still several challenges that need to be addressed despite efforts to conserve tigers, the Status Tiger-2022 report has pointed out. The latest tiger census data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger' here on Sunday showed that the tiger population was 1,411 in 2006, 1,706 in 2010, 2,226 in 2014, 2,967 in 2018 and 3,167 in 2022. One of the major challenges is aligning the aspirations of large-scale economic development while safeguarding forests and their wildlife and mitigating human-tiger conflict, the report said. It added that climate change-related impacts on habitats and the loss of the quality of forests over time were other mounting threats. Out of the approximately four lakh square kilometres of forests in states that have tiger habitats, only one-third are in relatively healthy condition, the report said. It also underlined t

Raj govt sitting over Kumbhalgarh tiger reserve project, says Diya Kumari

Member of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and BJP MP from Rajsamand, Diya Kumari, on Tuesday strongly raised the issue of turning the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary into a tiger reserve

'Increased tiger reserves show Centre's commitment to tiger conservation'

The government has demonstrated its commitment to tiger conservation by increasing the number of tiger reserves from nine in 1973 to 52 at present, said Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav

NGT shifts camping site from Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve over violations

The green court held that the camping site was being used for commercial purposes which are not permissible in the core area of the tiger reserve as per provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve gets global award for doubling tiger population

The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve and the Uttar Pradesh Forest department have bagged the first-ever international award, TX2, for doubling the number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years

International Tiger Day 2020: Headcount, India status and other key facts

Here are answers to some frequently asked questions on tigers, International Tiger Day

Protecting Western Ghats

Proposed rail line would inflict permanent damage

Belinda Wright on state of India's wild spaces and the impact of lockdown

Wright says conservationists have failed to convince more and more individuals about the critical state of our animals and wild spaces today

Call of the wild

National Park tourism must evolve beyond the tiger

Giving wildlife a fighting chance: The new face of conservation in India

Some of India's top wildlife biologists and ecologists believe that the Forest Rights Act gives both tribals and wildlife a fighting chance

Tigers and growth

Prosperity is good for the environment. For a start, it endows the government with greater financial resources to address the challenge of environmental degradation

It's a dog's life for Sher Khan as humans mess up Corbett Tiger Reserve

Anjuli Bhargava morphs into a big cat and finds out how difficult it is to survive as one at the once-iconic habitat

Nepal to be the first country to double its wild tiger numbers by 2022

It just needs 15 more tigers to reach its goal in the next four years!

Tiger conservation plans for 16 reserves are yet to be submitted

It also includes Ranthambore and Mukundhara Hills in Rajasthan