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Udhagamandalam: Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) and Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) in the state were among the 14 tiger reserves in the country that the Union government accredited with the Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS) on the occasion of the International Tiger Day on Thursday.
An internationally accepted conservation tool, CA|TS prescribes the best practices and standards to manage tiger reserves. While CA involves social, cultural and biological significance, area design and legal status, management, community tourism and protection, TS deals with habitat management and tiger populations.
CA|TS is implemented at 125 sites across seven countries. In India alone, it is implemented at 94 sites.
Nagpur: In a first in the state, Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), Maharashtra, is among the 14 tiger reserves to receive CA|TS accreditation. The announcement was made on Thursday by the Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on the occasion of Global Tiger Day.
Of the 14 tiger reserves, 3 each are from Assam and Madhya Pradesh, 2 from Tamil Nadu, and one each from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, UP, Bihar and West Bengal.
The Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) certification is a new conservation tool endorsed by Global Tiger Forum (GTF) to set minimum standards for effective management of target species for conservation of species both outside protected areas and inside. With this international recognition, the selected reserves can expect to get better funding and support from the Centre as well from players across the world.
Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha
Roars of Indian Tigers grow louder as number of Indian tigers keeps increasing. There was something in those eyes. A warning, challenge, maybe curiosity. I don t know what exactly but one thing was sure that those eyes were mesmerising. Whenever I write about tigers, I can t forget those eyes of T-39 tigress popularly known as Noor - the queen of Ranthambore.
This tigress can emote, be expressive, and stay cool even when cameras whirr and click, enjoying her celebrity status like a queen. She was so close to my 200-500mm tele lens, that later I found a reflection of our safari jeep in her eyes.
Full-page ads with Modi s photo for International Tiger Day, though budget cut allocation to Project Tiger
The front-page advertisement in leading dailies was issued by the Uttarakhand government.
29 Jul, 2021
July 29 is recognised as International Tiger Day and the Uttarakhand government made sure that we don t forget.
The front pages of leading English and Hindi dailies in the country carried full-page advertisements marking the occasion, replete with images of tigers, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, and, of course, prime minister Narendra Modi.
Incidentally, the union budget for 2021-22 reduced the amount allocated for Project Tiger. reported in February, the allocation to the project has reduced by Rs 100 crore in the last two years. The National Tiger Conservation Authority, which manages 51 tiger reserves across India, was allocated only Rs 10 crore in this year s budget, a minor reduction of Rs 50 lakh.