International Tiger Day

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About International Tiger Day-

• International Tiger Day was founded in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia to raise awareness about the loss of the tiger population globally. 
• On this day, the 13 tiger range countries came together to create Tx2, the global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022.
• 2022 marks the twelfth International Tiger Day. 
• The main aim behind this day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.
• The theme in 2021 was ‘Their survival is in our hands’. Meanwhile, the theme for 2022 is not yet announced.
• Russia will host the Global Tiger Summit in September 2022.
• The International Tiger Day is observed by several international organizations including – the World Wide Fund for Nature, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Tiger related initiatives by the government-

• Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in April 1973 by the Government of India.
• The year 2023 will mark 50 years of of the project
• The circumstances that led to Project Tiger and the landmark Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, are rooted in the so-called ‘Shikar Era’ of the 19th century.
• The tiger is the national animal of India(declared in 1972). India is home to over half of the world’s wild tigers, an estimated 2,226.
• The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar Pradesh Forest department last year bagged the first-ever international award, TX2, for doubling the number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years.
• India, where most wild tigers live, has recorded a rise in numbers and is celebrating the approval of 14 sites under the Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) scheme.
• In India, Tadoba Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra  hosted National Global Tiger Day Celebrations 2022.

Status of the deadline for doubling tiger population by 2022-

• India has successfully doubled the tiger population ahead of the 2022 target.
• Nepal has done it according to new figures it released July 29 2022. 
• In fact, it is the four south Asia countries — India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan — that are now home to 76 per cent of the global tiger population. 
• Russia too has not been performing badly. It is only southeast Asia that has touched rock bottom. 

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