A project Presented before PCCF, Social forestry department, Kerala forest Department on 29 July 2014 - Global Tiger Day by The Department of Zoology, Government College, Chittur, Kerala.

5.  Tiger in India is said to have migrated from
cold climes of Siberia or nearby regions.
 It subsequently spread into India, where ever
it found a suitable habitat- thick dense forest
and tall grasslands with dense forest canopy
in the vicinity.
 Although tigers in India were revered
according to Indian culture, they were still
used as game animals, most extensively in
the colonial period.

7.  Jim Corbett realised that numbers of tigers &
leopards where sliding down.
 Before legislation in 1971,hunters could
legally shoot tigers for a paltry sum between
Rs.10 to Rs.45.
 Tiger was treated as a vermin along with the
leopard, wolf, hyena & wild dogs.
 In the sixties, the tiger numbers came down
to as low as two thousand five hundred.

12.  1970- National ban on tiger hunting
 1972-Wildlife (protection)Act.
 1973-Tiger task Force appointed,
ProjectTiger launched
 41Tiger reserves in 2014 (66,178.68sq km)
 Stringent provisions in law to combat tiger
crime: creating NTCA &WCCB (W(P)A
amendment in 2006)

14.  Chairmanship of respective Chief Ministers
 Provision for StateGovts to prepareTiger
Conservation Plan viz. Staff development &
deployment
 Ensures compatible forestry operations
 The core as well as buffer areas have been
explicitly explained to avoid ambiguity.

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16. Offence Penalties
General Offence Maximum 3 years sentence or Rs.25,000 fine or both.
Offence involving
species listed in
Schedule I or Part
II of Schedule II
Mandatory prison term of 3 years(extendable up to 7 years).
Mandatory fine of at least Rs.10,000.
For a subsequent offence : same prison term, while mandatory fine is at least Rs.25,000
Offence
committed
Within a sanctuary
or natural park
Mandatory prison term of 3 years(extension up to 7 years).
Mandatory fine of at least Rs.10,000.
For a subsequent offence : same prison term, while mandatory fine is at least
Rs.25,000
Offence
committed inside
core area of a
Tiger Reserve
Mandatory prison term of 3 years(extendable up to 7 years).
Fine of Rs. 50,000 extendable up to Rs. 2 lakhs.
On subsequent conviction of same nature: imprisonment for at least 7 years & a fine of
Rs. 5 lakhs extendable up to Rs.50 lakh

18.  ProjectTiger : Under NTCA, Launched in 1973.
 Aim: Aid & facilitate the breeding of tigers within a
safe environment & transport these tigers further
afield.
 Established aTiger Protection Force to catch
poachers & stop the killing.
 Relocated about 200,000 villagers in rural areas, to
avoid man-animal conflicts.
 Initiatives to improve quality & quantity of
vegetations so that tigers & their prey can have
sufficient food & shelter.
 EstablishedTiger Reserves for better protection.

19.  Project is focussed on the tourism industry &
how it can be tailored to assist protection &
conservation of tigers.
 It does so by making tourists aware of the
issues, linking commercial tourist activities with
conservation programmes, providing support to
local communities & assisting forest guards.
 It buys local goods & uses local services and they
encourage tourists to do the same.

20.  Combating the Asian big cat trade 2011 – 2012-EIA.
 Engaging India to build a constituency for tiger
conservation-BBC-WF,WCS-India.
 Recovering wild tiger populations through habitat
consolidation 2010- BBC-WF &WCS-India .
 Reducing wildlife mortality due to roads in
Nagarhole-Bandipur corridor.
 Recovering wild tiger populations through habitat
defragmentation 2008
 Threat reduction toTigers 2007 -2008
 SaveTigers Now-WWF

23.  Tiger Reserves are protected areas, based on a
core-buffer strategy.
 The core area is kept free of biotic disturbances &
forestry operations.
 The buffer zone is managed as a ‘multiple use area’
with twin objectives :
1) habitat supplement to spill over population of
wild animals.
2)Site specific ecodevelopmental inputs to
surrounding villages.
 Forestry operations,NTFP collection & other rights
and concessions to the local people are permitted
except if buffer areas are a part of national parks.

24.  UNDP BestTiger reserve award recipient.
 People oriented & park centred community
based ecotourism.
 expanding existing protected areas to support
viable, breeding tiger populations, & link them
with habitat corridors.
 Protection through ex-vayana EDC (1998) by ex-
poachers (turned protectors).
 Three types of EDCs:
1) Neighbourhood-based EDC
2) User group EDC
3)Professional EDC

25.  Recovering tiger & prey populations through
better management of protected areas.
 Strengthening community engagement in
habitat management & tiger conservation.
 Multi-stakeholder forums to discuss, mediate
& resolve conservation issues.
 Wildlife research & monitoring techniques
with special emphasis on tiger monitoring.

26.  RanthambhoreTiger reserve lost 21 tigers in
between 2002 & 2004 due to poaching.A
hunting tribe called Mogiya tribe was
detected in the reserve.
 Sariska tiger reserve lost all its tigers due to
poaching by 2005,Tigers had to be
reintroduced from Ranthambhore.
 Tigers, that enter into human settlements,
are deemed as man-eaters & frenzied mobs
have often killed them.

27.  As people know more about tigers, they will
try harder to protect them.
 Although most of us cannot go out & protect
wild tigers ourselves, we can support some of
the organizations & researchers working to
save tigers.
 Don’t buy tiger products like tiger fur or
teeth.
 Help protect environment & stop
deforestation.

28.  Spreading the word
 Being a responsible tourist
 Informing nearest police station, if you know
of poaching or illegal trade of wildlife.
 Reducing pressure on natural resources.
 Encouraging students.
 Educating the locals.
 Stopping poaching & not encouraging
poachers.
 Protecting forests
 Donate money to tiger conservation
organizations.

29.  Although NGOs can never match the scale of
Govt. operation, funds or manpower. But
NGOs can help with information, expertise &
passion.
 Improving life of locals
 Reducing pressure on limited natural
resources.
 Alternate energy programs, breed
improvement programs & non formal
environment education.

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33.  Induction & use of UAVs as force
multipliers to patrol tiger reserves.
Establish gene mapping projects for
tigers & a tiger gene bank under GoI
or any other international organisation.
 Better methods for conducting tiger
census(better than PIP ).
Armed squads to check poaching.
 Poacher rehabilitation programmes.

34. ..………Our legacy to posterity………..

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41. Department Of Zoology
Government College, Chittur