Tiger Census Report

• The PM of India has released the result of the 4th cycle of all India tiger estimation- 2018 on the occasion of global tiger day - 2019.
• The Census Risen to 2967 from 2226 in 2014 an increase of 33% in four years.
• India achieved the target of doubling the tiger before four years(deadline in 2022).

Need for Tiger Conservation

• Tiger - top of the food chain and referred to as "umbrella species".
• More than 80% of the world's wild tigers are in India.

Key Findings

• Top performer: Madhya Pradesh (526) followed by Karnataka (524) and Uttarakhand (442).

Increase in tiger population:

Madhya preadesh (71%) > maharashtra (64%) > Karnataka (29%).

• Worst performers: Chhattishgarh and Mizoram saw a decline in the tiger population.
• greater conservation efforts are needed on "critical vulnerable" northeast hills and Odisha.
• Tiger sanctuaries: An evolution of India's 50 tiger sanctuaries were also released along with the 4th national tiger estimation.
• Panch reserve tiger (Madhya Pradesh) recorded the maximum number of tigers followed by the Periyar tiger reserve of Kerala.
• sathyamangalam tiger reserve (Tamil Nadu) "maximum improvement" since 2014.
• The Dampa (Mizoram) and Rajaji (Uttrakhand) reserves are bottom in terms of tiger count.
• No tiger - BUXA (West Bengal), palamau (Jharkhand) and Dampa (Mizoram) reserves.

• Global Tiger Day
• observed 1st time in 2010 at st. Petersberg tiger summit in Russia
• celebrated annually on 29th July.