{"id":238125,"date":"2023-04-15T19:44:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=238125"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:16:10","slug":"tiger-numbers-can-never-tell-the-whole-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tiger-numbers-can-never-tell-the-whole-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger numbers can never tell the whole story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cTiger numbers can never tell the whole story\u201d <\/strong>published in live mint <\/strong>on 15th April 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Environment \u2013 Biodiversity Conservation<\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>Wildlife Conservation<\/p>\n

News – On<\/strong> 9 April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the latest tiger numbers<\/strong>. We have about 3,167 tigers in India<\/strong>. The last estimation in 2018 counted 2,967 tigers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What are the genetic variations in Tigers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Except for the Western Ghats, these populations are quite small<\/strong>, and this is a matter of concern.<\/p>\n

The tigers in Satkosia have gone extinct.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the 2018 census, Valmiki has about 30 tigers.<\/p>\n

The Simlipal tigers are famed for their broad black stripes<\/strong>, rather than the traditional orange-yellow and black.<\/p>\n

The 2022 report also points out that the North-East hill tiger population could be the result of gene flow from the South-East Asian tigers<\/strong> of Myanmar.<\/p>\n

What are the two main management challenges?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One is the question of repopulating reserves<\/strong> that don\u2019t have tigers. In areas like Satkosia, tigers can be brought in, but they have to be from a related genetic cluster.<\/p>\n

The second is the issue of connecting tiger habitats<\/strong> so tigers can disperse naturally and create viable populations.<\/p>\n

What are the recent amendments to the 1980 Forest (Conservation) Act in this regard?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The proposed clause suggests that forests around highways, public roads, railways, or public amenities of a certain size should not be considered forests<\/strong>. It opens forest areas to non-forest users.<\/p>\n

It proposes that the construction of linear projects<\/strong> within 100 km<\/strong> of the international border and concerning \u201cstrategic\u201d or \u201cnational importance\u201d, should be exempt from the Act.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There is a need to make tigers a cross-cutting concern <\/strong>with all departments and to bypass forests that have tigers.<\/p>\n

The less effective option is to make roads underground or overhead, <\/strong>a form of \u201cgreen infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tiger numbers can only go up if the animal is allowed to walk and then secure its own land. Further, tigers have genetic clusters within India and there is a need to bolster numbers within these distinct populations.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cTiger numbers can never tell the whole story\u201d published in live mint on 15th April 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Environment \u2013 Biodiversity Conservation Relevance: Wildlife Conservation News – On 9 April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the latest tiger numbers. We have about 3,167 tigers in India. The… Continue reading Tiger numbers can never tell the whole story<\/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":[216,10501,11402],"class_list":["post-238125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-live-mint","tag-tiger-conservation","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704812731},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238125","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=238125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}