{"id":8635,"date":"2019-07-30T17:29:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2019-07-30T17:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:59:20","slug":"explained-why-indias-tigers-are-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-why-indias-tigers-are-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: Why India\u2019s tigers are increasing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. The\ntiger census report, Status of Tigers in India, 2018 has been released. The\ntiger census in India is conducted every four years. <\/li>
  2. The\nfirst tiger census was conducted in 2006. The Tiger Census in India is the\nworld\u2019s most extensive biodiversity mapping exercise. It is conducted by\nNational tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute of India. <\/li>
  3. The\ncensus was carried out in four phases. Phases 1 and 2 covered forest beats,\ngenerally spread over 15 sq km each, by Forest Departments, to collect signs of\ntiger presence like scat and pugmarks.<\/li>
  4. This\nwas followed by sampling of plots along the transects to assess habitat\ncharacteristics, human impact, and prey dung density.<\/li>
  5. In\nphase 3, the information was plotted on the forest map prepared with\nremote-sensing and GIS application. Sample areas were divided in 2-sq-km\nparcels, and trap cameras were laid in these grids.<\/li>
  6. In\nthe last phase, data were extrapolated to areas where cameras could not be\ndeployed.<\/li>
  7. The\ntiger census is an important exercise. The tiger numbers reflect the success or\nfailure of conservation efforts.<\/li>
  8. In\n2010, the governments of the world\u2019s 13 tiger range countries put forward the\nGlobal Tiger Recovery Plan. The plan outlines how each country could double the\nnumber of tiger population in the country. <\/li>
  9. The\nPlan was part of the ambitious species conservation goal called Tx2 set up by\nthe World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). The goals is to double the number of wild\ntigers by 2022.<\/li>
  10. Since\nIndia constitutes 80% of global tiger population, conservation efforts in India\nis particularly important for conserving the global tiger population. <\/li>
  11. India\nhas strengthened its Project Tiger programme, originally launched in 1973.\nApart from Tiger Reserves, there has been increased focus on tigers even in the\nareas under the territorial and commercial forestry arms of Forest Departments.<\/li>
  12.  Further, with increased vigilance India has\nbeen successfully able to curb tiger poaching which has helped wild tigers to\nbreed.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The tiger census report, Status of Tigers in India, 2018 has been released. The tiger census in India is conducted every four years. The first tiger census was conducted in 2006. The Tiger Census in India is the world\u2019s most extensive biodiversity mapping exercise. It is conducted by National tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Institute… Continue reading Explained: Why India\u2019s tigers are increasing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[293],"class_list":["post-8635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-tiger-census","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704661065},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}