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What is the News?
Environment Minister has announced that 14 Tiger Reserves from India have received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
Tiger Reserves that received Global CA|TS recognition:
India’s 14 tiger reserves that have received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards(CA|TS) are:
- Manas, Kaziranga and Orang Tiger Reserve in Assam
- Satpura, Kanha, and Panna in Madhya Pradesh
- Pench in Maharashtra
- Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar
- Dudhwa in Uttar Pradesh
- Sunderbans in West Bengal
- Parambikulam in Kerala,
- Bandipur Tiger Reserve of Karnataka
- Mudumalai and Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu
Note: The three most popular tiger reserves in terms of tourist visitors: Corbett (Uttarakhand), Ranthambore (Rajasthan), and Bandhavgarh (Madhya Pradesh) do not figure in the list of 14 Tiger Reserves to get CA/TS recognition.
What is CA|TS?
- CA|TS was officially launched in 2013. It has been developed by tiger and protected area experts.
- Purpose: It is a set of criteria that allows tiger sites to check if their management will lead to successful tiger conservation.
- It also sets minimum standards for effective management of target species and encourages the assessment of these standards in relevant conservation areas.
Other News Mentioned in the Article:
Status of Leopards, Co-predators, and Megaherbivores-2018 Report:
- The Ministry of Environment has released this report. According to the report, in 2018, the number of leopards in tiger range states of India was 12,852.
- This was a significant increase when compared to 2014 where the figure stood at 7,910 leopards.
- States: A maximum of these leopards are found in Madhya Pradesh (3,421) followed by Karnataka (1,783), and Maharashtra (1,690).
