India registered a 20 per cent increase in tiger population in 2010, according to a report, Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India-2010, released on 28 July 2011 by Jagdish Kishwan, Additional Director-General (Wildlife), Ministry of Environment and Forests.
The report stated that the estimated population of 1, 706 individual tigers represents a 20 per cent increase from the last survey in 2006, which estimated a number of 1,411 tigers.
The assessment of tigers included 17 States with tiger population. The assessment of tigers is done once every four years and is a collaborative initiative between the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the Wildlife Institute of India, tiger States and outside expertise.
The increase in the numbers happened because of the fact that tiger populations in Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka have shown an increase in their density.
However, the report warned that tigers are still in danger due to an overall 12.6 per cent loss of habitat. It could result into a lack of dispersal and consequent loss of genetic exchange between populations, and an increase in human-tiger conflict.
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