Tiger count (letter)

This refers to the editorial "Counting real tigers' (Feb. 19). The news that the tiger population in India as a whole has been reduced to a paltry 1,411 is both shocking and surprising. Atrocities committed by mankind

Publication Date: 
20/02/2008
Hindu
Tags:
Tiger, Tiger Conservation, India

Counting real tigers

The first attempt at estimating India's tiger population using statistically valid techniques shows that the numbers of the big cat are depressingly low. The recently released report of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute of India, titled "Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India,' estimates that there are 1,411 tigers in six landscape complexes. These are the Shivalik-Gangetic Plains; the Central Indian Landscape Comp lex; the Eastern Ghats; the Western Ghats; the North-Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Plains; and the Sunderbans.

Publication Date: 
19/02/2008
Hindu
Tags:
Tiger, Tiger Conservation, National Tiger Conservation Authority, India

Panel for buffer habitat in Karbi Anglong

NEW DELHI, Feb 13

Publication Date: 
14/02/2008
Assam Tribune
Tags:
Tiger, Census/ Habitat Monitoring, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Arunachal, Assam, West Bengal

Brahmaputra plains promising for tiger habitats

NEW DELHI, Feb 12

Publication Date: 
13/02/2008
Assam Tribune
Tags:
Brahmaputra, Tiger, Kaziranga SA, Tiger Conservation, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Assam, Karbi Anglong, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
India

 Tiger balm

in the

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forest Villages, Displacement, Tribals, Tiger, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife And People, Legislation, India
India

 It is misinformation that chareterizes the tiger debate

The notification of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (forest rights act) and rules brings a long process to close. But the real

Publication Date: 
30/01/2008
Down to Earth
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20080131
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Tags:
Land Ownership, Forest Encroachments, Forest Villages, Tribals, Tiger, Wildlife Management, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife And People, Legislation, India
Wildlife

Status of the tigers, co-predators, and prey in India

This report evaluates the current status of tigers, co-predators and their prey in India. It is the outcome of a country-wide effort to scientifically determine the occupancy, population limits, habitat condition and connectivity, so as to guide conservation planning for ensuring the survival of free ranging tigers.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2008
Y.V.Jhala, R.Gopal, Q.Qureshi
Wildlife Institute of India
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, National Tiger Conservation Authority, India, Statistics
Wildlife

Tiger farms How are they justifiable?

In China, tigers in farms number around 4000, while in the wild they are less than 1500, encompassing all the so-called sub species

Publication Date: 
10/12/2007
Nicky Xavier
Current Science
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Farm Residues, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Tiger Conservation, Wildlife Trade, China
Industry

 Tigers and tribals

Tigers or tribals?

Publication Date: 
14/11/2007
Sunita Narain
Down to Earth
16
20071115
12
Tags:
Forest Villages, Forest Rights Act 2006, Displacement, Tribals, Compensation, Tiger, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Sariska NP, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Relocation, Legislation, Parliament, India
India

 Piecing together problems with conservation in India

Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Sanjay Kak
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Livestock, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Poaching, Wildlife And People, Cinema, India

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