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Recent Tiger Estimates: International Tiger Day 2023

Recent Tiger Estimates: International Tiger Day 2023

Source: Indian Express
GS III: Environment


Overview

  1. News in Brief
  2. About International Tiger Day 2023
  3. India’s performance in Tiger conservation
Why in News ?

July 29 is celebrated world over as the International Tiger Day.

  • It aims to raise awareness on various issues surrounding tiger conservation.

About International Tiger Day 2023


  • Global Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29th.
  • To raise awareness about this magnificent but endangered big cat.
  • The day was founded in 2010.
  • The 13 tiger range countries came together to create Tx2 – the global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022.

Performance of Tiger conservation efforts

  • 2022 was the date for achieving the goals of Tx2.
  • But the conservation effort have an uneven progress.
  • As per the World Wildlife Fund, Southeast Asia struggled to control population decline.
  • At the same time countries like India performed well in the conservation effort.

Recent Tiger Estimates scenario of Tiger Population

  • By around 2016 halfway of the goal achieved.
  • Bhutan: Conducted its first ever national tiger survey and released the result 103 wild tigers.

    Photo by Rohit Khilnani on Unsplash

  • Nepal: Conducted in Bardia National Park in the Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal were released showing an increase in tiger numbers.
  • Indonesia: As of 2022 there are estimated to be less than 400 Sumatran tigers in the wild, worldwide.
  • Malaysia: Tigers are critically endangered, with as few as 250 remaining.
  • India: Home to over half of the world’s wild tigers an estimated 3,167.
  • Cambodia: Since 2007, there has been no sign of tigers in Cambodia.
  • China: They are only now found in captivity in China, Even in captivity, only 100 are left.
  • Taiwan: As well as the government-sponsored tiger refuge maintained by the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan is home to three zoos with a total of 54 tigers.
  • Thailand: There are known to be at least 189 tigers in Thailand.
  • Vietnam: They have not been photographed by camera traps since 1997.
  • Laos: Old reports of government shows 17 tigers in the region. 
  • Russia: Populations had increased to between 480 and 540 tigers.
  • Myanmar: Tiger still exist in the region with no exact figure.

India’s performance in Tiger conservation


  • As compared to tiger conservation among the 13 tiger range country India performing with increasing tiger population.
  • Tiger population in India increased from 1411 in 2006 to 3682 2022.
  • Maximum tigers in Madhya Pradesh at 785 followed by Karnataka, Uttarakhand (560) and Maharashtra (444).
  • The success of the conservation effort under Project Tiger completed 50 years.
  • There are 54 tiger reserves across India, spanning 75,000 sq km.
India’s Plan: The goal would be to have a viable and sustainable tiger population in tiger habitats based on a scientifically calculated carrying capacity.

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