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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following tiger reserves bagged the first ever international award 'TX2' in November for doubling the number of tigers in four years against the target of 10 years?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Pilibhit Tiger ReserveKey Points
- The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar Pradesh Forest department have bagged the first-ever international award, TX2, for doubling the number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years.
- Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was the first to receive the award among 13 tiger range countries.
- It achieved this goal in just four years from 2014 when it had 25 tigers which went up to 65 in 2018.
- The award was virtually presented to the principal chief conservator of forest of the state, by United Nations Development Program.
- The growth of 40 tigers in a short span of four years was recognized for the TX2 award.
Additional Information
- In 2014, All India Tiger Estimation had estimated 25 tigers in Pilibhit and 2018 estimation showed an increase by projecting 65 tigers.
- Pilibhit Tiger Reserve had 57 resident and eight transit tigers in 2018. However, this figure did not include the tiger cubs below the age of one year.
- The global target of doubling the tiger population was set in 2010 by the partners in TX2 award.
- TX2 is the global award which was set up in 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Partners- UNDP, Global Tiger Forum, International Union for Conservation of Nature, World Wide Fund for Nature, Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards and Lion's Share.
- No other tiger reserve among all the 13 tiger range countries could succeed in doubling the big cat population in a span of 10 years.
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