Interstate Tiger Relocation Aims to Enhance Buxa Reserve Population
Source:Indian Express ↗
हे का महत्त्वाचे आहे
Inter-state tiger translocation initiatives are crucial for reviving dwindling regional populations, improving genetic viability, and understanding wildlife conservation strategies under the NTCA framework.
सारांश
West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve is set to receive a tigress from Bihar to boost its depleted big cat population and enhance genetic diversity, highlighting inter-state wildlife management and NTCA conservation protocols.
मुख्य मुद्दे
- A tigress from Bihar is being considered for translocation to Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal to boost the reserve's tiger population and genetic diversity.
- Buxa Tiger Reserve has historically faced low tiger numbers and habitat fragmentation, making inter-state relocation critical.
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) oversees such scientific wildlife reintroductions and corridor management strategies.
महत्त्वाच्या संज्ञा
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
A statutory body established under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, responsible for implementing tiger conservation projects, approving tiger conservation plans, and overseeing national tiger reserves.
UPSC context
UPSC Prelims/Mains (Environment & Ecology): Tests statutory bodies, conservation governance, and project implementation mechanisms.
Buxa Tiger Reserve
A protected area located in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, known for its rich biodiversity and recent tiger reintroduction initiatives to revive depleted big cat populations.
UPSC context
UPSC Prelims (Geography & Environment): Tests locations of national parks/tiger reserves, ecological corridors, and wildlife translocations.
Project Tiger
India's premier centrally-sponsored wildlife conservation program launched in 1973 to protect and maintain viable populations of the Bengal tiger across designated reserves.
UPSC context
UPSC Prelims/Mains (Environment & Biodiversity): Tests flagship conservation schemes, wildlife population trends, and habitat management.
Wildlife Protection Act 1972
Comprehensive legislation providing legal frameworks for protecting wild animals, birds, and plants, and establishing sanctuaries, national parks, and statutory conservation authorities like the NTCA.
UPSC context
UPSC Prelims/Mains (Polity & Environment): Tests statutory schedules, legal protection levels, and conservation mandates in India.
पूर्वपरीक्षा सापळा
State governments can directly transfer tigers between reserves without central clearance as long as both states agree.
Aspirants often assume tiger translocations can be executed solely by state forest departments, ignoring the mandatory statutory approval required from the NTCA under the Wildlife Protection Act.
संबंधित स्थिर संकल्पना
What are the statutory powers and composition of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)?
- Statutory Basis: Statutory body constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, following the tiger task force recommendations in 2005.
- Composition: Chaired by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change with the Minister of State as Vice-Chairperson.
- Core Functions: Approves tiger conservation plans, monitors translocation programs, and ensures enforcement of anti-poaching protocols across tiger reserves.
आंतर-विषय नमुने
Inter-state Tiger Translocation & Cooperative Federalism
Inter-state wildlife relocations require formal NTCA clearance and highlight cooperative federalism in managing trans-boundary ecological corridors across state borders.
Habitat Fragmentation in North-East Eco-Corridors
Low tiger numbers in Buxa illustrate how habitat fragmentation and anthropogenic pressures disrupt meta-population connectivity in North Bengal.
NTCA protocols and inter-state tiger translocations (e.g., Buxa, Valmiki) will feature in match-the-reserve prelims questions.
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