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Mansi SinghAIR 126

Question 16GS3GS3

Discuss the success and challenges of Project Tiger in India

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Introduction

Project Tiger is a central scheme with aim of tiger conservation in India and doubling tiger population by 2022

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Main Body

Success of Project Tiger: (1) Increase in population - As per tiger census 2022, the number has crossed 3900 in country (2) State-wise performance has improved eg Madhya Pradesh emerged as highest population (3) Tiger Reserves number has increased to 54 in country

Further steps needed: (1) Increase number of tiger reserves to cater to increasing population (2) Tiger relocation project to new tiger-reserve from overflowd one (3) Improve veterinary services to reduce diseases (4) Community led development eg. Baiga tribe got signer under tiger reserve (5) Developmental projects should undergo rigorous EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) to prevent land fragmentation. This would help in sustainable biodiversity conservation Kunming Montreal Protocol

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Conclusion

Rising population even when urbanization and industrial impacted forests. Yet there are few issues: Over-population - population capacity of tigers in reserves has overflowed. Fragmentation of habitat due to development projects. Increasing man-animal conflict. Few tiger reserves have no tiger eg. Buxa TR.

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Topper

Mansi Singh

AIR 126

Subject & Paper

GS3GS3

Topic

Biodiversity and Environment

Conservation

Project Tiger

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