Tiger conservation programme in India (1973-present)
Project Tiger
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Tiger conservation programme overview
Formed
1 April 1973
Motto
India Leads Tiger Conservation
Parent department
National Tiger Conservation Authority
Website
https://ntca.gov.in/
Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger. The project was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India. As of March 2024, there are 55 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves under the project. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of the world's wild tiger population.
ProjectTiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger. The project was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry...
The Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive...
The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of ProjectTiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority...
Tiger King (subtitled in marketing as Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness for its first season, Tiger King 2 for its second season and Tiger King:...
The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by ProjectTiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of...
of ProjectTiger and many Tiger Reserves in India. A programme for protection called, 'Tiger Protection Program' (popularly known as ProjectTiger) was...
sanctuary in 1958. It was given the status of a tiger reserve making it a part of India's ProjectTiger in 1978. The wildlife sanctuary was declared a...
sanctuary was notified as a tiger reserve. It was the fourth tiger reserve established in Tamil Nadu as a part of ProjectTiger and is the third largest...
Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of the state of Madhya...
The tiger is an iconic species. Tiger conservation attempts to prevent the animal from becoming extinct and preserving its natural habitat. This is one...
ProjectTiger granted approval in principle to inclusion of Indira Gandhi WLS and NP under ProjectTiger in 2005. IGWS was declared a ProjectTiger sanctuary...
tiger population through six dedicated tiger reserves under the precincts of the National Tiger Conservation Authority. under the initiative Project Tiger...
Tigers in India constitute more than 70% of the global population of tigers. Tigers have been officially adopted as the National Animal of India on recommendation...
The Indochinese tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Southeast Asia. This population occurs in Myanmar and...
and Mala Malasar settled in six colonies. Parambikulam Tiger Reserve implements the ProjectTiger scheme along with various other programs of the Government...
2011) was an Indian tiger conservationist. Fateh Singh joined the Indian Forest Service in 1960 and was part of the first ProjectTiger team. He was widely...
The Siberian Tiger Introduction Project involves reestablishing populations of the Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger, in their former range...
covering an area of 282 km2 (109 sq mi). It was declared one of the ProjectTiger reserves in 1973 Ranthambore National Park covers a total area of 392 km2...
The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state in India. It is Maharashtra's oldest and largest...
The South China tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to southern China. The population mainly inhabited the Fujian...
Tigerproject is a Bangladesh Forest Department initiative that effectively started its field activities in February 2005. The idea for this project was...
Pakke Tiger Reserve, is a ProjectTiger reserve in the East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. The 862 km2 (333 sq mi) reserve is...
The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China and possibly...
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with...
major threat to the tigers. The Bengal tiger is the most common subspecies of tiger, constituting approximately 80% of the entire tiger population in Indian...
in the Indian state of Karnataka. It was established as a tiger reserve under ProjectTiger in 1973. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve since...
Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 and special projects such as ProjectTiger, Project Elephant and Project Dolphin for protection of critical species. India...
National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges...