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PremiumVIVAnews -there is good news from the latest survey was conducted against the population of tigers in India. It turns out, the number of tigers in India went up from 1411 tail in 2007 became the tail on the year 1706. The bad news, as the population increases, the neighbourhood of Tiger instead of narrowing.
According to the observer wildlife, maintaining environmental sustainability should be made a priority by the Government. Unfortunately, a corridor housing Tigers is the natural habitat of all time have been separated by the development and human activities.
Cited from the BBC, April 14, 2011, a century ago India had about 100 thousand tigers. After that, the number dropped dramatically. An estimated 97 percent of the Tigers, extinct due to hunting and eradicating their habitat.
As the informed, India had more than 45 thousand square kilometres of forest area in 39 locations designated for housing a tiger. Jairam Ramesh, however according to the Minister of environment of India, the shrinking forest area occurs in speed.
"Poaching is also a major problem. The number continued to rise from year to year, "said Rajesh Gopal, researcher of Project Tiger, a tiger conservation in India. "Hunting wild organized in a way similar to the trade of narcotics," he said.
The Government of India also difficulty in stopping poaching. One reason is because the techniques used by cartels behind the Chase was always changing. In addition, the product of a tiger is also a tantalizing. commodities
As known, the demand for bones, nails, and skin of a tiger from countries such as China, Taiwan, and Korea are very high for traditional medicines. Whereas, of the approximately 3,500 Wild Tigers living in the wild around the world, more than half live in India.
Half the world's Wild Tigers in India
