On
the occasion of our 70th Independence Day, we as environmentalists
should talk of something related to environment. We all know the tiger strength
is directly related to the state of environment and it is also our national
animal.
In 1947, the estimated number of tigers was around 40 thousand
which reduced gradually and in the last decades there was drastic fall, the reasons
being destruction of their habitat and illegal poaching. Then came the good
news, as per latest official count, India is home to 2,226 tigers, representing
70% of the global population of the endangered big cats. In the last two years,
the number has risen significantly and this is the result of what we are doing
for the last 12 years. “We have zero tolerance towards poaching”, Environment
Minister Prakash Javadekar said at the inauguration of the 3rd Asia
ministerial conference on tiger conservation. Highlighting the need for protecting tiger corridors, he announced incentivising project proponents to give land for compensatory afforestation in Tiger corridors.
On
one hand, when a news of discovering pug marks of an adult tiger and a cub fuelled hopes of forest department
officials at Nagarahole National Park of finding the missing tigress, who
abandoned her three cubs alive. On the other hand, we learn about the
death of two cubs due to starvation and the most tragic news of a tiger found
shot in Bandipur National Park raising the spectre of poachers in one of the
best protected tiger reserve in the country.
The rise in number and the success of tiger
conservation offers us great hope that we can save species if Government, local
people and conservationists work together to educate people and show zero
tolerance towards poaching. This is refreshing, but it has to be a continued effort
which is possible only if we all work together in this field.
We
at Environ India are optimistic that our nation will awake and arise again this
time in defiance of all the evils of the society!!
May
we have a safe and happy world for all !!
Happy
Independence Day Folks!!
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