10th meeting of the National Tiger
Conservation Authority held in New Delhi
Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate
Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar has said that the National Tiger Conservation
Authority in collaboration with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau would be soon
launching a MIS based tiger tracking system. The Minister stated this while
addressing the 10th meeting of the National Tiger Conservation
Authority here today.
Elaborating further, Shri Javadekar said that MIS
based tracking would strengthen the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and help in
controlling wildlife crimes in tiger reserves. Appreciating the need of
technology in the field of tiger conservation, the Minister said that the use
of NRSA “Alert System” would also be utilized in case of disasters pertaining
to fire and floods.
The Minister further said that the Government
believed in development in consonance with conservation. Emphasizing the need
to conserve the tiger reserves in the country the Minister said that there is a
need to make wildlife conservation the ‘People’s Movement’. It was critical for
each stakeholder to participate in making tiger conservation a reality. He
further stated that States also needed to be critical stakeholders in the
effort to preserve the tiger population in the country.
National Tiger Conservation Authority has been the nodal
agency in the field of tiger conservation for more than 40 years. Its projects
spread over 47 reserves in 18 states. The Authority deliberated on varied agenda
for promoting tiger conversation which also included requesting the State of
Karnataka for initiating a proposal for the establishment of Cauvery Wildlife
Sanctuary as a tiger reserve. The Authority also proposed to carry out Management
of Effectiveness Evaluation annually in tiger reserves by States. The NTCA also
deliberated on instituting a new award, National Tiger Conservation Authority Award
for successful conservation of endangered species other than tigers in tiger
reserves.
The
Authority took note of the recent initiatives taken to strengthen wild life
conservation in the country. These,
inter-alia, include tiger deaths and steps taken to address poaching,
deployment of local workforce for protection, use of information technology
(e-Eye) in surveillance, smart patrolling through M-STrIPES protocol, reserve
level monitoring etc. The initiatives also included central assistance provided
to States under Project Tiger as well as grants provided to States from NTCA,
tiger translocation within landscapes, capacity building, progress relating to
assessment of tiger population, independent evaluation of tiger reserves and
statutory compliances.
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