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Rise in populations and protections for endangered tigers

2016-04-14 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: For endangered tigers, protections and population numbers are on the rise Two big news items from April will make tigers around the world roar with joy. First, World Wildlife Fund released numbers that show the wild tiger population is on the rise for the first time in a century. From as few as 3,200 in 2010 to an estimated 3,890 based on "the best available data." For the first time after decades of constant decline, tiger numbers are on the rise. This offers us great hope and shows that...

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India is now a proud host of nearly 2,500 tigers, says Prakash Javadekar

2016-04-12 12:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Efforts to save the tiger have pushed India's population of the big cat to nearly 2,500, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday, hailing the strides the country has made in this regard. Highlighting the need for protecting tiger corridors, he announced incentivising project proponents to give land for compensatory afforestation in Tiger corridors. As per latest official count, India is home to 2,226 tigers, representing 70 per cent of the global population of the endangered...

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As Habitat Loss Slows Down, Tigers Could Double In Number By 2022

2016-04-07 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: With populations hovering at less than 3,500 worldwide, tigers have long been considered on the brink of extinction. But scientists finally have good news: Habitat loss has slowed down more than expected in recent years due to conservation efforts, and there is now enough forest for tigers to double in number by 2022. According to a new study in the journal Science Advances, less than 8 percent of global tiger habitat disappeared between 2001 and 2014, 98 percent of which happened in Indonesia and...

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Tigers still have enough habitat to bounce back

2016-04-05 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: Tigers still have enough habitat to bounce back A new satellite survey suggests tigers could still double their wild population by 2022 -- rare optimism for the endangered big cats. When the 20th century began, about 100,000 wild tigers still roamed across wooded swaths of Asia. Fewer than 3,500 of the iconic cats exist today, living in fragments of forest that only add up to about 7 percent of the species' historic range. Tigers may never regain their former glory, but that doesn't mean...

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