Tiger Census
- January 22, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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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.