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with state forest departments and the Wildlife Institute of India, was
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released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuruas the country
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has also given them an ecosystem to flourish. India is a country where
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protecting nature is a part of the culture. This is why it has many
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unique achievemnents in wildlife conservation. With only 2.4 percent of
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the world's land area, India contributes to about 8 percent of the

known global diversity." He also credited the coexistence between
ecology and economy for the increase in the numbers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in

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long-term survival. It remains, till date, the largest species conservation

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initiative of its kind in the world. Initially, the project covered nine tiger
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1,411tigers. Since then, their population has grown significantly. Their
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numbers rose to 1,706 in 2010 and 2,226 in 2014. The last census, out in

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2018, had recorded 2,967 tigers in the country. Madhya Pradesh topped

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the list with 526 tigers, and Karnataka followed with 534 striped cats.
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Incidentally, India, as a part of a 2010 agreement with Bangladesh,
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Nepal, Russian Federation, Thailand, and Vietnam, was expected to
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2018 itself. The success of Project Tiger also put India on the global map
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when it comes towildlife conservation and made the country home to
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more than 70 percent of the global tiger population.
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substantially, but it remainsa threat, along with habitat fragmentation
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and degradation. It'swhy Project Tiger's goal for thenext 50 years is to
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maintain a viable and sustainable tiger population in their habitats,

bring potential tiger habitats under the conservation programme,
actively manage tiger reserves based on their capacity, and strike a
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Alliance (IBCA), which on protecting and conserving seven

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