Question:With respect to All India Tiger Estimation 2018 consider the following statements:
(1) The All India Tiger Estimation done annually is steered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority with technical backstopping from the Wildlife Institute of India.
(2) India now has an estimated 2967 tigers out of which 83% individual tigers have been photo captured.
(3)It also states that India is home to nearly 75% of the global tiger population.
Which is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d)1,2 and 3
Answer : (b)
Context:
- The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, results of which were declared to the nation on Global Tiger Day last year has entered the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
About:
- The citation at the Guinness World Record website reads- “The fourth iteration of the survey – conducted in 2018-19 – was the most comprehensive to date, in terms of both resource and data amassed.
- The All India Tiger Estimation done quadrennially is steered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority with technical backstopping from the Wildlife Institute of India and implemented by State Forest Departments and partners.
- The latest results of 2018 had shown that India now has an estimated 2967 tigers out of which 2461 individual tigers have been photo captured, a whopping 83 % of the tiger population, highlighting the comprehensive nature of the survey.
- With this number, India is home to nearly 75% of the global tiger population and has already fulfilled its resolve of doubling tiger numbers, made at St. Petersburg in 2010, much before the target year of 2022.
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