All India Tiger Estimation – 2018:
- Methodology:
- India has been estimating its tigers using a double sampling approach involving a mark-recapture framework to ascertain tiger numbers.
- During the 4th cycle, data was collected using an Android based application- M-STrIPES ( Monitoring system for Tigers’ Intensive Protection and Ecological Status).
- Key Findings:
- The count of tigers in India has risen to 2967, in 2018, according to this census.
- The 33% rise in tiger numbers is the highest ever recorded between cycles which stood at 21% between 2006 to 2010 and 30% between 2010 and 2014.
- Madhya Pradesh saw the highest number of tigers at 526, closely followed by Karnataka at 524 with Uttarakhand at number 3 with 442 tigers.
- Chhatisgarh and Mizoram saw a decline in their tiger numbers while tiger’s numbers in Odisha remained constant. All other States witnessed a positive trend.
- At the landscape level, all 5 landscapes showed an increase with the Central Indian landscape recording the highest increment.
- India achieved its commitment to the St.Petersburg Declaration, of doubling Tiger population, much in advance to the 2022 deadline.
