Government has declared a locality as a tiger reserve to protect the tigers. A group of local people of that area also joined the government in the effort of saving tigers and planted more forest trees and other vegetation in the area and nearby. (1+1+1)
a.In what way, this step by the local people helps to increase the population of tigers in this area?
b.How does this step influence the other species of organisms in the forest?
c.What is the value we learn from the act of the local people?
Answers
At the turn of the 20th century, it is estimated that India probably had many thousands of tigers in the wild.
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Government of India, have been conducting tiger estimation surveys in partnership with NGOs. WWF-India was the key NGO partner of the WII and NTCA in conducting the comprehensive country-wide tiger estimation exercise in 2010-11, which revealed a mean tiger population estimate of 1,706.
Based on a census using the pug mark technique, the number of tigers in 2002 stood at 3,642. As per the 2008 tiger estimation exercise conducted by WII in association with the NTCA using camera traps, there were only 1,411 tigers left in the wild in India.
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