Global Tiger Day
Context:
- Union Environment Minister releases detailed report of Tiger Census on the eve of Global Tiger Day.
Details of the Tiger Census:
- Showed the population of tigers in the country had increased from 2226 in 2014 to 2967 in 2018 (an increase of 33%).
- The census is carried out by Wildlife Institute of India (WII – funded by MoEF) and NTCA.
- India conducts a survey of the tiger population every four years.
- Home to 70% of world’s tigers.
- No of tigers: Madhya Pradesh > Karnataka >Maharastra
- Maximum number of tigers in the country is the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand.
- Chhattisgarh and Mizoram saw a decline in tiger population.
- No Tigers: Buxa, Dampa and Palamau, which are tiger reserves.
Global Tiger Day:
- Observed on July 29th every year.
- Celebrated for the first time in 2010 at the St. Petersburg Tiger Summit held in Russia.