How Project Tiger News Today

On July 24, 2023, the Goa bench of the Bombay HC directed the Goa government to notify a tiger reserve in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and other contiguous areas within three months. Here is the history behind the demand and what the govt has said.

Between 2014 and 2018, tigers relinquished nearly 18,000 sq km, or 20%, of its national range which was offset by the new areas they colonised in that period.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the "Status of Tigers 2022" to mark the completion of 50 years of "Project Tiger" in April, the government had said there are at least 3167 tigers in India.

State forest officials have raised questions about tiger estimation methods the National Tiger Conservation Authority has used since 2006.