Question: 3rd International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation inaugurated in which city?
(a)New Delhi, India
(b) St. Petersburg, Russia
(c) Cape Town, South Africa
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- The 3rd International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation took place on January 28- 29, 2019 in New Delhi, India.
- Union Minister for Environment Dr. Harsh Vardhan, who is also the Chairman of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, inaugurated the conference.
- This is the second to be held in India after 2012 and is expected to have wide ranging discussions on the status of the Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP) by the 13 tiger range countries besides deliberations on combating wildlife trafficking.
- In the St. Petersburg declaration in 2010, tiger range countries had resolved to double tiger numbers across their range by 2022 during which India’s tiger estimate stood at 1411, which after the third cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation, 2014 is 2226. The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation, 2018 is currently under way.
- During the Conference, wide ranging discussions on status of the Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP) by all tiger range countries besides deliberations on combating wildlife trafficking took place. On the sidelines of the Stock Taking conference, India also held a meeting with its neighboring tiger range countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan & Nepal to discuss a sub-continent level tiger estimation report as a followup of deliberations held earlier.
- The conference was hosted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in close collaboration with the Global Tiger Forum which is an International, Intergovernmental Organization for conserving tigers in the world.
Links:
http://healthyindiachronicle.in/union-minister-dr-harsh-vardhan-releasing-publication-inauguration-3rd-stock-taking-conference-tiger-conservation-new-delhi-january-28-2019/
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187817