CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Two Day International Stock Taking Conference on Tiger Conservation inaugurated in New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-2: -CA|TS is a set of criteria which allows tiger sites to check if their management will lead to successful tiger conservation. CA|TS is organised under seven pillars and 17 elements of critical management activity. CA|TS was developed by tiger and protected area experts.

Detailed explanation-3: -WWF India works closely with local communities living around tiger habitats to mitigate human-tiger conflict issues. It provides immediate financial support as interim relief to victims in case of cattle loss.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are 13 Tiger Range Countries (TRC): India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR (People’s Democratic Republic), Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, Viet Nam, China and Indonesia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The overarching goal adopted in the Hua Hin declaration and supported by the Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP) is to reverse the rapid decline of wild tigers and to strive to double the number of wild tigers across their range by 2022.