India's Tiger Population Distribution Raises Conservation Concerns
The recent All-India Tiger Estimation (AITE) report has highlighted concerns about the uneven distribution of tigers across Indian reserves.
- Around 20% of India's tiger habitat, spanning 16 reserves, houses less than 1% of the nation's total tiger count.
- In the latest report, the Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) — a “comprehensive, system-wide, peer-based” assessment on 33 parameters — scored nine of these 16 reserves as ‘Very Good’ (above 75%) or ‘Good’ (60-74%).
- While two were notified after the MEE exercise, the remaining five reserves were scored ‘Fair’ (50-59%).
- Despite a net gain of 715 tigers in the latest AITE report, ....
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