A high-tech tiger census in Andhra Pradesh
Environment; tiger census
News:
- Recently, the 3rdphase of 4th All-India Tiger Estimation (AITE) began in Nallamala forest of Andhra Pradesh
Important facts:
- 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.
- The recent tiger estimation is the first in Andhra Pradesh after its bifurcation
- During the last estimation in 2014, tiger count in united Andhra Pradesh was 68. Tiger count was 95 in the first AITE in 2006
- 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
- 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.
