Results of the recent tiger population estimation exercise show that the numbers of the highly endangered big cat in India have increased. The estimated population of 1,706 individual tigers represents a 20 percent increase from the last survey in 2006, which estimated a number of 1,411. The increase is based on the survey of additional areas as well as an increase in the number of tigers within high-density populations. These results are the highlights of the Indian Government’s report - Status of Tigers, co predators and prey in India, 2010. This countrywide assessment of tigers, co-predators and prey included all 17 tiger states, and involved 477,000 work-days by forest staff and 37,000 work-days by professional biologists, making it the largest exercise of its kind in the world.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/status-tigers-co-predators-and-prey-india-2010
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/national-tiger-conservation-authority
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-conservation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-tiger-conservation-authority