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Annual wildlife monitoring results of the transboundary World Heritage Site were released on Global Tiger Day. The Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam has 2.4 tigresses for every tiger.
Findings of the assessment
- The assessment said 29 tigers were “repeated” from 2021 while 23 new tigers were reported.
- The gender of 27 tigers could be properly ascertained – eight of them males and 19 females, giving a sex ratio of 1:2.4
- Which is “positively skewed towards females from the ecological point of view”, a statement from NTCA said.
Manas National Park
- Location: Manas National Park is a national park, Tiger reserve, biosphere reserve and elephant reserve in the Himalayan foothills in western Assam.
- The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog.
- Manas is famous for its population of wild water buffalo.
- Protection Status:
- 1907: Declared as Reserve Forest.
- 1974: Declares as Tiger Reserve
- 1985: Manas was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO
- 1989: Manas declared a Biosphere Reserve
- 1990: Declared as a National Park
- The Manas river is a major tributary of the Brahmaputra River, which passes through the heart of the national park.
National Tiger Conservation Authority
- National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
- It was founded in 2005 as a result of the Tiger Task Force’s recommendations.
- It was established to strengthen tiger conservation under the enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as modified in 2006, and to carry out the authorities and tasks delegated to it.
- Objectives
- Providing statutory authority to Project Tiger so that compliance with its directives becomes legal.
- Fostering accountability of Center-State in management of Tiger Reserves, by providing a basis for MoU with States within our federal structure.
- Providing for oversight by Parliament.
- Addressing livelihood interests of local people in areas surrounding Tiger Reserves.
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Content Source: The Hindu