Tiger Conservation in India
There are very few people who understand the true importance of protecting the tiger.The tiger is at the top of the food chain in the jungles that it roams.
The following is a very basic description of the chaos that would ensue if the tiger became extinct. If this was to happen, the populations of prey species like Spotted deer and Sambhar would burst at the seams. This excessive population would then totally ravage it's food source - vegetation. If the vegetation in the jungles was devastated, where and how would the insects survive. They may even shift to the crops in farmlands. If the plants in the jungles would be finished, what would refurbish the soil. If the soil was no longer fertile, new plants would not sprout. Over the years, this would probably mean the end of the jungles. That means the end of the biggest suppliers of the oxygen filled air, which we take so much for granted.
Launched on April 1973 Project Tiger has successfully emerged as one of
the champion endeavors of Tiger conservation as formulated by a special
task force set up under Wildlife Conservation Act to address the
problem of dwindling Tiger population in the country.
Though the initial push for the action was constituted by the growing concern to protect the Royal Bengal Tigers, the disturbing data presented by the 1972 All India Tiger Census, which enumerated the Tiger population at an alarming 1,827 as compared to the figure of 40,000 present at the turn of 20th century called for immediate action to curb the progressive decline of wilderness resulting in the disturbance of viable tiger habitats. Thus following steps were taken:
There are very few people who understand the true importance of protecting the tiger.The tiger is at the top of the food chain in the jungles that it roams.
The following is a very basic description of the chaos that would ensue if the tiger became extinct. If this was to happen, the populations of prey species like Spotted deer and Sambhar would burst at the seams. This excessive population would then totally ravage it's food source - vegetation. If the vegetation in the jungles was devastated, where and how would the insects survive. They may even shift to the crops in farmlands. If the plants in the jungles would be finished, what would refurbish the soil. If the soil was no longer fertile, new plants would not sprout. Over the years, this would probably mean the end of the jungles. That means the end of the biggest suppliers of the oxygen filled air, which we take so much for granted.
Though the initial push for the action was constituted by the growing concern to protect the Royal Bengal Tigers, the disturbing data presented by the 1972 All India Tiger Census, which enumerated the Tiger population at an alarming 1,827 as compared to the figure of 40,000 present at the turn of 20th century called for immediate action to curb the progressive decline of wilderness resulting in the disturbance of viable tiger habitats. Thus following steps were taken:
- Thus, a national ban was imposed on Tiger Hunting in 1970
- The Wildlife Protection Act came into force in 1972
- Project Tiger was launched in 1973 and various tiger reserves were created in the country based on a 'core-buffer' strategy.
- All forms of human exploitation and biotic disturbance to be eliminated from the core zone and any activities carried out in the buffer zone should not impeach the wildlife habitat.
- Any habitat management carried out should be subject to redressing the damage caused by human interference in order to restore the ecosystem to its original state.
- Changes in flora and fauna are to be documented for research purpose.
- Manas (Assam)
- Palamau (Bihar)
- Similipal (Orissa)
- Corbett (U.P.)
- Kanha (M.P.)
- Melghat (Maharashtra)
- Bandipur (Karnataka)
- Ranthambhore (Rajasthan)
- Sunderbans (West Bengal)
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