Pilibhit Tiger Reserve:First Among 13 Tiger Range Countries To Get TX2Award

• 26 Nov 2020

• The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar Pradesh Forest department have bagged the first-ever international award, TX2, for doubling the number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years.
• PTR is the first to receive the award among 13 tiger range countries.
• It achieved this goal in just four years from 2014, when it had 25 tigers which went up to 65 in 2018.
• The global target of doubling the tiger population was set in 2010 by the partners in TX2 award -- UNDP, Global Tiger Forum, International Union for Conservation of Nature, World Wide Fund for Nature, Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards and the Lion's Share.
• No other tiger reserve among all the 13 tiger range countries could succeed in doubling the big cat population in a span of 10 years.

13 Tiger Range Countries

• India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.

TXProgramme

• It is an initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) launched at the 2010 St Petersburg Tiger Summit.Under this programme, all 13 tiger range governments have committed to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.

What Initiative led to this achievement?

• The success was achieved with rigorous patrolling with constant use of Monitoring System for Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status (M-STrIPE),
• Stringent action against wildlife criminals and poachers.
• Forest and grassland management.
• Active participation of local people and forest department staff.