LUCKNOW: The number of adult tigers has increased in UP in the last over three years. While a February, 2008 report of MoEF showed 109 tigers in UP, Census-2011 has counted 118 tigers (with lower limit of 113 and upper limit of 124). An increase of nine adult tigers is being considered as good by forest officers.
"It is a good increase. This is a maximum population that the forest area in the state can support," said D N S Suman, principal chief conservator of Forest (PCCF), UP. The Census for tiger population recorded tigers above 1.5 years of age only. For this, the cameras tracking their movement were mounted at such a height in Census area that only adults got clicked. The cubs would now be counted through sightings.
Meanwhile, the density of tigers has gone down from the last time's 25.3 per cent to current 24.9 per cent. Though a detailed report on the tiger estimation showing region-wise count is yet to be released by the central ministry, Pilibhit has come up as "a promising tiger area". It lies outside protected area and tiger population there has been found to be increasing.
The tiger population between 2006 and 2010 in UP shows a stable trend. The state has a total forest area of 14,341 sq km. The tigers occupied a total area of 2,766 sq km as per the last Census. This time, tigers have been found occupying 2,948 sq km. However, an increase in tiger population in high human-use areas has heightened man-tiger conflict.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Nine-more-adult-tigers-spotted-in-UP-Census/articleshow/7847609.cms
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Tiger Census: Orissa rejects numbers
Bhubaneswar: Based on the method of counting tigers by their pug marks, Orissa until 2006 had claimed there were 192 tigers in the state including 101 in Simlipal.
But the 2006 National Tiger Census based on other methods found only 45 tigers in Orissa.
Now, the 2010 Tiger Census says there are only 32 tigers in Orissa outside the Sunabeda sanctuary which was inaccessible during the last census because of Maoist violence in the area.
Our tiger population is stable. However, the Government of India could not check the population of tigers in Sunabeda sanctuary. We are making big efforts to conserve the tigers in Orissa," said Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Orissa.
"I cannot accept the Government of India's figures because in Orissa it's a fact that tigers are there not only in Sunabeda, Satkosia and Simlipal but other parts of the state. So if we come out with this sort of report without making a detailed scientific analysis of all other tiger habitats, we are bound to commit mistakes," said PN Padhi, PCCF, Wildlife, Orissa.
The state government continues to claim there are 61 tigers in Simlipal.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/tiger-census-orissa-rejects-numbers-95597
The 2010 census report estimates there are only 23, but since it also says the actual number could be anything between 12 and 34, wildlife officials say the figures are not dependable.
"When the data is not very dependable or when the evaluator has doubts on the data, he goes for a wide range...this needs a re-verfication and I hope the NTCA orders a second kind of a survey," noted Biswajit Mohanty, Wildlife Expert.
There is little doubt that the pug-mark method of counting is unreliable but at the same time the new camera trap method must rise to the occasion and put all doubts at rest.
But the 2006 National Tiger Census based on other methods found only 45 tigers in Orissa.
Now, the 2010 Tiger Census says there are only 32 tigers in Orissa outside the Sunabeda sanctuary which was inaccessible during the last census because of Maoist violence in the area.
Our tiger population is stable. However, the Government of India could not check the population of tigers in Sunabeda sanctuary. We are making big efforts to conserve the tigers in Orissa," said Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Orissa.
"I cannot accept the Government of India's figures because in Orissa it's a fact that tigers are there not only in Sunabeda, Satkosia and Simlipal but other parts of the state. So if we come out with this sort of report without making a detailed scientific analysis of all other tiger habitats, we are bound to commit mistakes," said PN Padhi, PCCF, Wildlife, Orissa.
The state government continues to claim there are 61 tigers in Simlipal.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/tiger-census-orissa-rejects-numbers-95597
The 2010 census report estimates there are only 23, but since it also says the actual number could be anything between 12 and 34, wildlife officials say the figures are not dependable.
"When the data is not very dependable or when the evaluator has doubts on the data, he goes for a wide range...this needs a re-verfication and I hope the NTCA orders a second kind of a survey," noted Biswajit Mohanty, Wildlife Expert.
There is little doubt that the pug-mark method of counting is unreliable but at the same time the new camera trap method must rise to the occasion and put all doubts at rest.
Tiger sighted in Cavrem plantation- Rajendra P Kerkar TNN
KERI: Never was a cashew apple-plucking exercise so memorable, albeit frightening, for Latika Pandhari Velip.
The 45-year-old was hard at work in her cashew plantation at Cavrem on Tuesday evening when the unusual antics of her pet dog made her look around.
"There stood the tiger just a short way from where the dog and I were," says the still shaken up Latika.
Speechless and very frightened at the time, the mother-of-one says she calmed down only when the tiger moved away from them and into the forest around.
"I was very frightened, but the tiger only threw us a glance and went off majestically into the forest," says Latika.
Cavrem, a village in Quepem taluka, is no stranger to the presence of wild animals, including the big cat.
2009 the body of a bison supposedly killed by a tiger was found in a cashew plantation in the village. The incident was reported to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the Goa forest department by local resident Tulshidas Velip through a memorandum.
When questioned about Latika's sighting of a tiger in the village on Tuesday, forest officials refused to comment.
Latika, however, told TOI, "Our forefathers have lived in this forested village in harmony with wild animals. On earlier occasions I have felt the presence of leopards, but the sight of the tiger in front of me is something I will never forget. It was indeed memorable."
Environmental activist Terence George, who works with the tribal Velip community in the region, adds, "Cavrem village has a rich forest cover which the local community protects through the tradition of sacred groves.
However, illegal mining activities in and around Cavrem has disturbed the forests and in turn the habitat of wild animals, including the tiger."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Tiger-sighted-in-Cavrem-plantation/articleshow/7847578.cms
The 45-year-old was hard at work in her cashew plantation at Cavrem on Tuesday evening when the unusual antics of her pet dog made her look around.
"There stood the tiger just a short way from where the dog and I were," says the still shaken up Latika.
Speechless and very frightened at the time, the mother-of-one says she calmed down only when the tiger moved away from them and into the forest around.
"I was very frightened, but the tiger only threw us a glance and went off majestically into the forest," says Latika.
Cavrem, a village in Quepem taluka, is no stranger to the presence of wild animals, including the big cat.
2009 the body of a bison supposedly killed by a tiger was found in a cashew plantation in the village. The incident was reported to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the Goa forest department by local resident Tulshidas Velip through a memorandum.
When questioned about Latika's sighting of a tiger in the village on Tuesday, forest officials refused to comment.
Latika, however, told TOI, "Our forefathers have lived in this forested village in harmony with wild animals. On earlier occasions I have felt the presence of leopards, but the sight of the tiger in front of me is something I will never forget. It was indeed memorable."
Environmental activist Terence George, who works with the tribal Velip community in the region, adds, "Cavrem village has a rich forest cover which the local community protects through the tradition of sacred groves.
However, illegal mining activities in and around Cavrem has disturbed the forests and in turn the habitat of wild animals, including the tiger."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Tiger-sighted-in-Cavrem-plantation/articleshow/7847578.cms
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