India’s tiger population reached 3,682 in 2022, a significant increase from 2,967 in 2018, according to the report “Status of Tigers: Co-predators and Prey in India-2022,” released as part of the International Tiger Day celebrations.

This bulletin presents indispensable state-wise profiles regarding the status of tiger reserves across India. Each state's profile includes information regarding estimations of the total, core, and buffer areas, current tiger population, tiger reserve biodiversity, gazette notifications, and land cover maps of each reserve in the state.

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.

As per the information received from the State of Karnataka, 83 human casualties have been reported due to wild elephant attacks between 2019-20 to 2021-22.

The development of linear transport infrastructure (LTI) can have a variety of direct and indirect impacts on protected and conserved areas (PCAs) and other intact areas with high biodiversity and ecological connectivity values.

The Indian government has introduced a new set of rules known as the Wildlife Disposal of Wild Animal Article Rules, 2023. These Rules were notified on 12th July, 2023 and come into effect from that date.

Environmental crime is on the rise and is of growing concern to policy makers, to legitimate businesses, and more broadly to the general public.

Wildlife crime is devastating for endangered European species and a growing risk to our societies’ economic development and security, but most cases still go unpunished or undetected.

This joint paper by the Taskforce on Nature Markets and TRAFFIC asserts the crucial role of the business and finance sectors in facilitating strong nature markets and purging illegal and unsustainable trade in their commerce.