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NATIONAL TIGER SURVEYS
Back from brink: India's vultures stage comeback as captive-breeding, release efforts gather paceVultures are making a comeback in India after a two-decade decline, with over 700 birds bred in captivity and released into protected tiger...- New batch of cheetahs from Botswana expected to arrive around February-end: Environment ministerIndia is set to welcome more cheetahs from Botswana by month-end, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav announced. He emphasized a comprehensive p...
- Science-based management essential to achieve St Petersburg goal of doubling the number of tigers by 2022India is among the tiger range countries that have registered an increase in the number of tigers in the wild. For this increase in populat...
- Only 13 per cent of tiger conservation areas meet global standards: SurveyOnly 13 per cent of the tiger conservation areas met the global standards of an accreditation system, the Conservation Assured | Tiger Stan...
- Tiger biologists debunk report on increase in populationUsing flawed survey methodologies can lead to incorrect conclusions, an illusion of success, and slackening of conservation efforts, when i...
- Tiger, tiger burning bright: Number of wild tigers in the world rises 22%India alone recorded an increase of over 500 tigers during this six-year period and continues to be home to the highest number of wild cats.
- Tiger population has gone up worldwide: Wildlife groups"The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890, based on the best available data," said WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF).
- West Bengal government contests method adopted for counting tigersThe West Bengal govt has written to the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests pointing to the discrepancy in the tiger count in Buxa tige...
- Government seeks withdrawal of research paper questioning tiger populationThe Wildlife Institute of India — an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests —is now learnt to have writt...
- India's tiger success story may be based on shoddy scienceThe survey showed that tiger population in the country had risen to 2,226 in 2014, a 30 per cent jump since the last count in 2010.
- Meow, not roar: Experts maul census dataOfficially, big cat population in the country went up from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 in 2014. These results have been interpreted to mean that...
- Two tigers on average are killed per week: WWFGlobal conservation organisation WWF today sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that at an average, two wild cats are killed p...
- Two tigers at an average are killed per week: WWFWWF sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers & said on an average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand in Asian countries.
- Fresh tiger enumeration at SundarbansFresh tiger estimation would be carried out in South 24 Parganas Forest division of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve with the first study provid...
- Tiger census through camera-trapping on at Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger ReserveThe Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Tiger Conservation Authority have joined hands with the State Forest Department to u...
- Rare animals sighted in Pakke Tiger ReserveFour rare melanistic (black) golden cats (Captopuma Temminckii) and rare Chinese pangolins were sighted at Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kame...
- Predator, prey base has increased at Dudhwa Tiger Reserve: WTIApprehensions about depletion of prey base in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, generated after reports of tigers hunting rhinos surfaced, were dis...
- Should we be celebrating the score-board yet?The celebrations unfolding about 16% increase in tiger numbers (to 1,706) across the country deserve a closer look.
- Data shows 121 adult tigers and 400 snow leopards in NepalAbout 121 adult tigers and 400 snow leopards have been spotted at various wildlife reserves in Nepal, a survey by Department of National Pa...
- Panna may be down to just 1 tigerAnother Project Tiger-backed sanctuary has gone the Sariska way. Six years ago, Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh had more than 40 tige...
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