Project Tiger & Elephant Notes [SSC, Bank Exams Preparation]

 

The Indian Government has launched various projects for the welfare and protection of animals. Two such successful initiatives are the Project Tiger & Project Elephant. The relevance of these topics in Bank & Government exams is unquestionable. Last year’s SSC CGL exam had a few questions from these topics, and there’s a high chance it might appear in this year’s exams too.

Let us learn more about Project Tiger & Project Elephant in detail:

 

What is Project Tiger?

Project Tiger is an initiative launched by the Government of India in the year 1973, to conserve our National animal, the Tiger. The project is centrally sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate change and covers 47 Tiger reserves across 18 tiger range states (about 2.08% of India’s Geographical area).

All the activities are carried out by a statutory body formed by the Ministry, called National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which performs the functions provided in the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.

 

The tiger reserves are categorized into ‘Core’ & ‘Buffer’.

Core: Areas having the legal status of a Wildlife Sanctuary or National Park, where exclusive tiger agendas are fostered

Buffer (peripheral areas): Multiple use areas which are a mix of forest and non-forest lands, where inclusive people-oriented agendas are fostered

 

What are the functions carried out under Project Tiger?

• Providing central assistance to states with the tiger reserves, like, protection, habitat amelioration, monitoring, eco-development for the people residing in buffer areas, relocation of people from core areas, addressing the human-wildlife conflicts.

• Alerting the states, with tiger reserves, when required

• Level monitoring using cameras to keep photo ID’s of individual tigers

• Transmitting information relating to poachers

• Using thermal cameras and IT for improved surveillance

• Advising the states to check for snares/traps through combing

• Providing central assistance to states with tiger reserves for anti-poaching operations

• Performing regular field visits through offices of NTCA

• Providing permission to patrol outside sensitive tiger reserves

• Preparing national database of individual tigers with their photo IDs

• Providing the states assistance to refine their monitoring systems

• Assisting the states to provide local workforce to assist the field staff

• Assisting states to deploy, raise and arm the Special Tiger Protection Force

• Managing the moving of tigers in human-dominated lands

• Preserving areas with biological importance

• Using IT for wildlife crime prevention

• Strengthening protection infrastructure

• Maintaining the distribution of tigers in the country

• Managing habitats as per the Tiger Conservation Plans

• Relocation of people from critical tiger habitats

• Strengthening the offices of NTCA

• Consolidating & declaring new tiger reserves

• Fostering research

 

List of Tiger Reserves in India:

Name	Location
Bandhavgarh	Madhya Pradesh
Panna	Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay Dubri	Madhya Pradesh
Satpura	Madhya Pradesh
Pench	Madhya Pradesh
Kanha	Madhya Pradesh
Buxa	West Bengal
Sundarban	West Bengal
Dudhwa	Uttar Pradesh
Pilibhit	Uttar Pradesh
Kaziranga	Assam
Manas	Assam
Nameri	Assam
Pakke	Arunachal Pradesh
Namdapha	Arunachal Pradesh
Ranthambore	Rajasthan
Mukandra Hills	Rajasthan
Sariska	Rajasthan
Achanakmar	Chhattisgarh
Udanti-Sitanadi	Chhattisgarh
Indravati	Chhattisgarh
Similipal	Odisha
Satkosia	Odisha
Nawegaon-Nagzira	Maharashtra
Melghat	Maharashtra
Pench	Maharashtra
Bor	Maharashtra
Tadoba-Andhari	Maharashtra
Sahyadri	Maharashtra
Dandeli-Anshi	Karnataka
Bhadra	Karnataka
Nagarahole	Karnataka
Bandipur	Karnataka
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple	Karnataka
Kali	Karnataka
Sathyamangalam	Tamil Nadu
Madumalai	Tamil Nadu
Anamalai	Tamil Nadu
Kalakad Mundanthurai	Tamil Nadu
Parambikulam	Kerala
Periyar	Kerala
Kawal	Telangana
Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
Palamau	Jharkhand
Valmiki	Bihar
Corbett	Uttarakhand
Dampa	Mizoram

 

 

What is Project Elephant?

Project Elephant was also launched by the Government of India in the year 1992, to protect elephants & their habitats, address the man-wildlife conflicts and for the welfare of captive elephants.

 

What are the functions of Project Elephant?

• Provide Financial & Technical support to elephant-bearing states

• Restoring the natural habitats & migratory routes of elephants

• Developing scientific & planned management system to conserve elephant habitats

• Taking measures for mitigation of man-elephant conflicts

• Protecting elephants from poachers

• Research on improving elephant management issues

• Awareness and public education programs

• Ecological development

• Veterinary care

• Rehabilitation and rescue centers for elephants

 

List of elephant reserves in India:

Name	Location
Mayurjharna	West Bengal
Eastern Dooars	West Bengal
Singhbhum	Jharkhand
Mayurbhanj	Odisha
Mahanadi	Odisha
Sambalpur	Odisha
Baitarni	Odisha
Badalkhol-Tamorpingla	Chhattisgarh
Kameng	Arunachal Pradesh
South Arunachal	Arunachal Pradesh
Sonitpur	Assam
Dihing-Patkai	Assam
Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong	Assam
Dhansiri-Lungding	Assam
Chirang-Ripu	Assam
Intanki	Nagaland
Garo Hills	Meghalaya
Mysore	Karnataka,
Wayanad	Kerala
Anamudi	Kerala
Periyar	Kerala
Nilambur	Kerala
Nilgiri	Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
Anamalai	Tamil Nadu
Srivilliputtur	Tamil Nadu
Rayala	Andhra Pradesh
Shivalik	Uttaranchal
Uttar Pradesh	U.P.

 

We hope the above contributes to your upcoming Bank & Government exam preparations.

We wish you all the very best!