The fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation was conducted during January, 2018 in all the Forest areas of Telangana, both inside and outside Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks and Tiger Reserves. Likewise, this exercise was conducted in all the states in India. The earlier three cycles were conducted in the year 2006, 2010 and 2014. All these three estimation were conducted in the unified state of Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time that, the All India Tiger Estimation is being conducted in Telangana. It was carried from 23rd to 30th June,2018 in the state.
Telangana has two Tiger Reserves i.e.,
Amrabad Tiger Reserve falling in Nagarkurnool and Nalgonda Districts and Kawal
Tiger Reserve falling in Nirmal, Mancherial, Adilabad and KB Asifabad
Districts. While Amrabad Tiger Reserve is situated on the banks of river Krishna,
the Kawal Tiger Reserve is situated on the banks of river Godavari. These, two Tiger Reserves fall in the Central
India Landscape and Eastern Ghats.
In
the year 2014, the tiger census was conducted for the entire NTSR spread over
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The estimated number of tiger for the Telangana
portion of NTSR was 17 and it was 3 for Kawal Tiger reserve. The estimation of
tiger for Telangana region was 20 for 2014.
As per the report released today i.e.,on
29.7.2019 on the occasion of Global Tiger Day, the Amrabad Tiger Reserve
falling in Nallamaliah Forest Belt including in core and buffer & Kawal
Tiger Reserve including core, buffer and corridor combined have a Tiger population of 26 Tigers.
Increase
in the number of tigers is a great news for the conservationists in Telangana. It could be achieved because of the improved
management practices adopted by the staff of forest department wherein they
have concentrated on improving the water regime in the forest area and also
improving the availability of grass resulting in improving the prey base. Improved
protection of forests has helped this cause to agreat extent. Support of NGOs
helped the department in this
respect. Presence of cubs in the both
the tiger reserves is very encouraging sign of improvement of the tiger habitat
and indicative of the bright future for the tiger populations.
Monitoring
Effectiveness Evaluation report 2018 is an
indication of the better management practices for both the Tiger
Reserve. In respect of Kawal, it moved up from “Fair” to “Good”. In respect of
Amrabad Tiger Reserve, it remained in Good category but the overall score is
more than 71.09% which is nearer to Very Good category (75%).
CWLW
Telangana congratulates all the stakeholders viz. forest department officials,
NGOs, villagers living near these tiger reserves who have contributed for this success.
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