Nepal becomes first country to double its tiger population
September 30 , 2018 2153 days 1351 0
Nepal become 1st country in the world to double its tiger population in a decade as part of World Wildlife Fund for Nature’s (WWF) ‘Tx2’ programme
‘Tx2’ programme aims to double number of tigers in the world all over the world by 2022.
There are now estimated 235 wild tigers in Nepal in comparison to an estimated 121 back in 2009.
Nepal was the 1st country to achieve global standards in managing tiger conservation areas, an accreditation scheme governed by Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
It was launched by World Wildlife Fund for Nature’s at the 2010 St Petersburg Tiger Summit held in Russia.