Tiger Census

  • January 22, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Tiger Census

Subject – Environment

Context – Tiger census will commence at Bandipur on Saturday and at Nagara hole on Sunday as part of the All-India Tiger and Mega Herbivore Estimation.

Concept –

  • This is part of the nationwide enumeration that is held once in four years and is the fifth such exercise being taken up — the earlier ones being held in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018.
  • Every 4 years the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) conducts a tiger census across India.

To know about International Tiger Day and St Petersburg Declaration, please refer July 2021 DPN.

Environment