Nagpur: The community depends on natural resources are an important aspect of tiger conservation, and “agenda of people” exploring the “Tiger agenda” in India, according to Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
“Tigers, the top predators in the ecosystem, are very important in regulating and perpetuating ecological processes.
Ensuring this top carnivorous conservation ensures the welfare of forested ecosystems, biodiversity they represent and water and climate security,” Yadav said.
The Minister speaks at the 4th Asian Minister’s Conference on Tiger Conservation, an important event to review progress towards the Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP) and commitment to tiger conservation.
The minister further said that India will facilitate the Kisaran Tiger countries to finalize the New Delhi declaration for the Global Tiger (GTS) summit held at Vladivostok in Russia later this year.
The “Pre-Tiger Summit” meeting was held in Delhi in 2010, where the declaration draft on tiger conservation for GTS was completed.
Stated that India had achieved extraordinary achievements from doubling the tiger population in 2018 itself, four years before the year targeted in 2022, Yadav said that the success model of Indian tiger governance is now being replicated for lions, dolphins, dolphins other.
Leopards, snow leopards and other small wild cats, while this country is on the verge of introducing the cheetah in its historical range.
The Minister said the budget allocation for tiger conservation has increased from RS 185 Crore in 2014 to Rs 300 Crore in 2022.
“Fourteen tiger reserves in India have been awarded accreditation and international efforts to bring more tiger reserves under it CA | TS accreditation, “He said.
Yadav said that our frontline staff is an important pillar of the conservation of tigers and hence we have extended the life cover of Rs 2 lakh for each contract worker / while under e-shram, a recent initiative from the Ministry of Manpower and Work, and RS 5 Lakh.
Cover below Ayushman Yojana.
“About 4.3 million working days of work are produced by 51 tiger reserves in India and funds from Fund Management Compensation and Planning Authority (Campa) are being used to promote resettlement of voluntary villages from the core area of ​​tiger reserves,” said Yadav.
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Highlighting an organized hunting increase driven by international demand for Tiger’s body parts and products, thinning the tiger prey, and losing habitat as the main challenge for tiger conservation, the minister said, “The status of wild tigers continues to be endangered there and there is a special problem and specific areas that also affect tigers.
The situation calls for active international cooperation and co-adaptive and active management.
“In India, tigers inhabit, various habitats ranging from high mountains, bakau swamps, high meadows, to dried and damp autumn forests , as well as a green forest system.
Based on this, tigers are not only conservation icons but also as umbrella species for the majority of ecosystems in the Indian sub-continent.
India is one of the founders of the founding platform between the Government of Tiger Range – Global Tiger (GTF) forum, and for years, GTF has expanded its program in various thematic fields, while working with the government, Tiger countries, and Tiger Various countries.