A Vision For The Tiger - From The Director's Desk
A Vision For The TigerA Vision For The Tiger From The Director's Desk

Assistance to Protected Areas

Reducing Man-Animal Conflict

Akhand Shikar Checked

Traffic Vigil in North-East India

Martyrs to The Cause

Assistance to Check Poaching

WWF Joins Global Tiger Forum

Land of The Tiger

Petition on Tiger In Supreme Court

TCP Director Gets Award

Threats to Tiger Habitats






April 1998
ASSISTANCE TO PROTECTED AREAS

Parks and Sanctuaries - Nature's only havens of hope

A long-term action plan for conservation of the Indian tiger was launched in January 1997 in keeping with the 1996 Global Tiger Strategy. The programme seeks to complement the government's efforts to save the tiger. The Tiger Conservation Programme (TCP) provides vehicles -- jeeps, motor cycles and boats, innoculation of livestock to prevent contagion, equipment like radios and uniforms for the field staff. Funds for rewards as well as information to counteract poaching.

In the last six months of the previous year, this kind of assistance was given to Corbett, Dudhwa, Manas, Bandhavgarh, Periyar and Palamau tiger reserves and to the Kaziranga national park. Bulk of the support has reached these parks and is being used in the battle to protect the tiger.Carefully drafted anti-poaching plans for these seven reserves are under implementation. In the second phase of assistance, members of the TCP fanned across the country visiting tiger areas and assessing the support needed. Those areas were selected which have the potential for improvement and significant enhancement of tiger numbers, if provided equipment and other support which they currently lack.

Nine new tiger areas of the country are proposed to be covered. These are Nameri National Park (Assam), Pakhui Sanctuary (Arunachal Pradesh), in the North East, the Mahananda (West Bengal), Valmiki (Bihar), Katerniaghat (UP), Tadoba-Andhari (Maharashtra), Satkosia (Orissa), Biligiri Rangayyan Temple Sanctuary (Karnataka) and Achanakmar Sanctuary (Madhya Pradesh).

The TCP, in a span of 15 months, is providing assistance to almost all the major tiger range states of the country. Money and equipment has already started going to Tadoba-Andhari, Valmiki and Katerniaghat in the second phase of the programme. Approval of the respective state governments is awaited for the rest.

LIST OF SUPPORT PROVIDED BY WWF TIGER CONSERVATION PROGRAMME TO TIGER AREAS TILL APRIL 1998

MANAS TIGER RESERVE
(2446 sq kms; 95 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 1,871,000
Items provided so far: Six veterinary camps; wireless sets: 20 handheld, 3 fixed, 4 mobile; 2 health and awareness camps; Intelligence network; Solar panels; Awards for field staff

CORBETT TIGER RESERVE
(1316 sq kms; 126 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 2,664,000
Items provided so far: Two Jeeps; 2 boats with OBM and spares; wireless sets 10 handheld, 3 mobile;Winter jackets; Training workshops; Awards for field staff; One trained elephant

BANDHAVGARH TIGER RESERVE
(1093 sq kms; 44-53 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 1,455,600
Items provided so far: Two diesel jeeps; 5 motorcycles; Wireless sets, Awards and raincoats for field staff

KATARNIAGHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
(400 sq kms; 37 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 1,912,000
Items provided so far: Two jeeps; 6 motorcycles; 1 Boat

TADOBA-ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE
(620 sq kms; 36 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 1,625,000
Items provided so far: Two jeeps; 8 motorcycles; One truck

VALMIKI TIGER RESERVE
(840 sq kms; 49 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 2,509,000
Items provided so far: One jeeps, 1 boat, 3 motorcycles 1 Truck

DUDHWA TIGER RESERVE
(811 sq kms; 98 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 2,920,000
Items provided so far: Three diesel jeeps; Two tractors; wireless sets 10 handheld, 2 fixed, 3mobile; Intelligence Network; Winter clothing; Training workshops; Resource material for training workshops; Awards for field staff

KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
(430 sq kms; 80 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 1,386,000
Items provided so far: One Tata mini-truck; 2 Veterinary and Awareness camps; Repair of old boats; Winter clothing for field staff; wireless sets 3 fixed, 5 mobile; Health/awareness camps in fringe villages; Intelligence Network, Awards for field staff;

PALAMAU TIGER RESERVE
(1026 sq kms; 47 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 1,960,000
Items provided so far: Two Trucks (Tata Mini); 2 jeeps; Solar panels; Uniforms for daily wage workers;

PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE
(777 sq kms; 39 Tigers)
Support committed: Rs 750,000
Items provided so far: Four Inflatable buoys; 5 Tents; 10 solar lanterns; legal support; Intelligence network; staff welfare benefits; Awards



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