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Status of Tigers in India Report - 2018
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- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released a detailed ‘Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India Report’ on the eve of the Global Tiger Day (29th July).
- India’s Project Tiger was launched in 1973 with 9 tiger reserves.
- India has 70% of the world's tiger population.
- The national tiger status assessment of 2018-19 estimated the overall tiger population in India at 2,967 - 33% increase from 2014 (2,226).
- With 2,967 tigers, India is four years in advance, that has achieved the target set in the 2010 St Petersburg Declaration of doubling tiger population by 2022.
- Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of tigers at 526, closely followed by Karnataka (524) and Uttarakhand (442).
- Chhattisgarh and Mizoram saw a decline in tiger population.
- The Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand has the highest number of tigers inside the reserve (231).
- While Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of tigers, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu registered the “maximum improvement” since 2014.
- The Dampa reserve (Mizoram), Buxa reserve (West Bengal) and Palamau reserve (Jharkhand) do not have any tigers.
- Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest Tiger Reserve in India.
- The reserve spreads over five districts in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- The area consists mostly of the Nallamala Hills.
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