{"id":230488,"date":"2023-03-10T21:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230488"},"modified":"2023-03-10T21:28:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:58:20","slug":"can-the-cheetahs-help-indias-grasslands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/can-the-cheetahs-help-indias-grasslands\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the cheetahs help India\u2019s grasslands?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cCan the cheetahs help India\u2019s grasslands?<\/strong>\u201d published in The Hindu<\/strong> on\u00a010th<\/sup> March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>concerns associated with the re-introduction of cheetahs in India<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Government is trying to re-introduce cheetahs in India by bringing them from Namibia and South Africa.<\/p>\n

Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Kuno National Park<\/strong> has been chosen as the site for the re-introduction of cheetahs. The article discusses the several aspects of survival of cheetahs in India.<\/p>\n

How long will it take for cheetahs to adapt in the Indian climate?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Cheetahs have come from a very different terrain to India. Therefore, it might take time to adapt in the Indian climate.<\/p>\n

Moreover, it is not only the adaptation to climate that will determine the success of reintroduction of cheetahs to India.<\/p>\n

The factors such as reproduction and a self-sustaining population<\/strong> also plays a role in determining the survival of cheetahs in India.<\/p>\n

Further, Cheetah Action Plan states<\/strong> that in 15 years the project will be considered a success if Kuno reaches an established population of 21 adults.<\/p>\n

Can the reintroduction of cheetahs help in improving India’s grasslands?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India doesn\u2019t have vast savannah grasslands like Africa from where the cheetahs are coming. There are only six or seven savannah types of grasslands<\/strong> present in India.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the healthier population of cheetahs will indicate improving grasslands in India because they mostly prefer to prey in these grasslands.<\/p>\n

However, it will take 30-40 years for the cheetah to reach a population of 20-40 animals. <\/strong>Therefore, it becomes difficult to say that Indian grasslands will improve with the re-introduction of cheetahs in India.<\/p>\n

Will re-introduction of cheetahs contribute to the development of a larger ecosystem?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As it has been seen in the case of tigers, there has been a remarkable increase in the tiger reserves from 9 to 53. Therefore, it is expected that reintroduction of cheetahs will also help in the improvement of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

However, when we look at the animal\u2019s habitat, it becomes difficult to say that it will improve the ecosystem because cheetahs are the weakest of the large cats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They exist at low densities of less than one per 100 sq km. 8-10 cheetahs can be hosted in an area of 750 sq km which is a smaller number.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it is not feasible to say that re-introduction cheetahs will help in the development of a larger ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the government is planning to promote eco-tourism with the re-introduction of cheetahs.<\/p>\n

Is it feasible to promote ecotourism and conservation together?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Eco-tourism along with conservation can be promoted.<\/strong> However, there is also a need to address the challenge associated with it because there have been experiences that people over do it.<\/p>\n

Ecotourism helps in generating employment for the locals, but any tourism plan must be community driven.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cCan the cheetahs help India\u2019s grasslands?\u201d published in The Hindu on\u00a010th March 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Environment Relevance: concerns associated with the re-introduction of cheetahs in India News: Government is trying to re-introduce cheetahs in India by bringing them from Namibia and South Africa. Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Kuno… Continue reading Can the cheetahs help India\u2019s grasslands?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-230488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700852207},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}