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This population of tigers has been assessed at the local level in several countries. It is listed as Endangered in Nepal, [113] India, [114] and Bhutan, [115] While Bangladesh [116] and China [117] list it as Critically Endangered. In April 2023, India signed a memorandum of understanding with Cambodia to assist the country with the tiger's ...
The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. [1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [5] [6]
[51] [52] Of these, only in 8 countries can breeding tiger population be found in the wild. [26] India, Nepal and Russia are the only countries that have successfully increased the tiger population through conservation efforts. [51] As of 2022, the tigers are now likely to be extinct in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. [53]
The tiger population in the country’s Western Forest Complex (WEFCOM) — an 18,000-square-kilometer (6,950-square-mile) area of forest encompassing 11 national parks and six wildlife ...
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Fossil specimens of tigers have also been reported from the Middle-Late Pleistocene of Japan. [44] Results of a phylogeographic study indicate that all living tigers have a common ancestor that lived between 108,000 and 72,000 years ago. [31] Genetic studies suggest that the tiger population contracted around 115,000 years ago due to glaciation.
As per Ministry of Environment and Forests, the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate. [4] In 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were an estimated 2,967 wild tigers in existence in India. The wild tiger population increased to 3,682 as of 2022. [5]
All tiger subspecies are included on CITES Appendix I, banning international trade. All tiger range states and countries with consumer markets have banned domestic trade as well. [24] At the 14th Conference of the Parties to CITES in 2007, an end to tiger farming and stopping domestic trade in farmed tiger products in China were called for. [25]