A high-tech tiger census in Andhra Pradesh

A high-tech tiger census in Andhra Pradesh

Environment; tiger census

News:

1. Recently, the 3^rdphase of 4^th All-India Tiger Estimation (AITE) began in Nallamala forest of Andhra Pradesh

Important facts:

2. Recently, there have been indications that tigers have also spread to the region south of the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) in the forest up to the Penna River.
3. The recent tiger estimation is the first in Andhra Pradesh after its bifurcation
4. During the last estimation in 2014, tiger count in united Andhra Pradesh was 68. Tiger count  was 95 in the first AITE in 2006
5. For the first time, the authorities have used a new app Tigers – Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-StrIPES). The app would facilitate avoiding human error in the traditional recording of the pugmarks and other signs during survey
6. For the survey, 250 members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) of Chenchus have been engaged as trackers for protecting and monitoring the tigers.