Tiger Conservation

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Royal Bengal tiger population increasing in Nepal

GULARIYA, BARDIYA: The number of royal Bengal tigers has increased in Nepal in recent years.

Publication Date:

27/06/2016

Source: Himalayan Times (Nepal)

Tags:

Wildlife, Tiger, Endangered Species, Nepal, South Asia, Tiger Conservation

Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Population, 10/05/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Population, 10/05/2016. The third country wide assessment of the status of tigers, copredators and their prey, using the refined methodology has shown a country wide 30% increase in tiger numbers in 2014 with an estimated number of 2226 tigers (range 1945-2491) as compared to second assessment done in 2010 with estimated number of 1706 tigers (range 1520-1909). The State wise details are at Annexure.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tiger, Tiger Conservation, India, Statistics, Parliament

Wildlife

K'taka may get lion's share of funds for tiger conservation

As per the latest tiger census, Karnataka has 406 big cats out of the 2,226 in India.

Publication Date:

13/04/2016

Author(s): Bosky Khanna

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Karnataka, Tiger Conservation, Western Ghats, Tiger, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife

Wildlife

PM Modi urges international collaboration for tiger conservation

Making a strong pitch for tiger conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between governments at the highest level to check trafficking in body par

Publication Date:

13/04/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Poaching, Endangered Species, Wildlife

Wildlife

Kerala bags awards for tiger conservation

Kerala bagged two of the five awards for tiger reserves at the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation that got under way in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Publication Date:

13/04/2016

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Tiger Conservation, Awards, Ecotourism, Endangered Species, Wildlife

Wildlife

World tiger count rises for first time in 100 years

For the first time in a 100 years, there has been an increase in the global population of wild tigers with the number revised to 3,890 in 2016 as compared to about 3,200 six years ago, as per the W

Publication Date:

12/04/2016

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Tiger, WWF, Poaching, Tiger Conservation, Census/ Habitat Monitoring, Wildlife

Wildlife

Burning bright: UNDP and GEF in the tiger landscape

This publication highlights the unique contribution of ten GEF financed, UNDP supported projects in six tiger range countries (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand), demonstrating how conservation activities in tiger habitat can accomplish more than the preservation of one iconic wildlife species.

Publication Date:

24/03/2016

Source: UNDP - Global Environmental Finance

Tags:

Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Protected Area Conservation, Asia, India, UNDP, Ecosystem Services, Wildlife Trade, Poaching

Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Conservation, 01/03/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Conservation, 01/03/2016. The assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey 2014 using the refined methodology has shown a countrywide 30% increase in tiger numbers with an estimated number of 2226 (range 1945-2491) as compared to 2010 estimation of 1706 (range 1520-1909 tigers). The details of tiger estimation pertaining to tiger landscapes in the country for the years 2010 and 2014 are at Annexure-I.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

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Tags:

Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, India, Parliament, Statistics

Wildlife