Question: Name the city in which the 3rd Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation will be held from April 12 to 14, 2016?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Islamabad
(c) Colombo
(d) Thimpu
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 21 February 2016 under the chairmanship of Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar a meeting as a prelude to the 3rdAsia Ministerial Conference (3 AMC) on Tiger Conservation.
- The meeting was attended by the representatives of four Tiger Range countries (TRCs) – Bhutan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Russia.
- Notably from 12-14 April 2016 the Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation will be held in New Delhi.
- The three-day Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on April 12, 2016.
- The conference will be organised by Global Tiger Forum (GTF) and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), together with the Government of India.
- There are only 13 countries that have the pride of having tigers in the wild and tiger-bearing areas in the world.
- It may be recalled that according to 2014 calculations there were 2226 tigers in India, while their number in 2006 and 2010 was 1706 and 1411 respectively.
- The tiger population is maximum in Karnataka (406), while Uttarakhand (340) ranks second.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=136665
http://www.tiger3amc.com/about.html
http://projecttiger.nic.in/WriteReadData/LetestNews/Document/Tiger%20Status%20booklet_XPS170115212.pdf