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Detailed explanation-1: -Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in India and Bardia National Park in Nepal, have won the prestigious 2022 TX2 Award for doubling their wild tiger population. The awards also celebrate the upcoming launch of the 2022 Lunar Year of the Tiger.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve won TX2 Award 2022 for Doubling Tiger Population Since 2010. India’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode, Tamil Nadu, and Nepal’s Bardiya National Park has jointly won the TX2 award 2022 for doubling their tiger populations since 2010.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two categories of awards - the TX2 Award and Tiger Conservation Excellence Award - will celebrate these sites. These awards are open to submissions from any site in a tiger range country that has achieved remarkable measurable progress since 2010. Award winners will be announced in January 2023.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve falls in the revenue districts of Erode. The reserve is also located close to the Erode forest division, Coimbatore forest division, and Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, the emerging tiger hotspots.

Detailed explanation-5: -New Delhi: The Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu was Tuesday awarded the prestigious international TX2 Award for doubling its tiger population since 2010. Nepal’s Bardia National Park was also jointly conferred the award, for doubling its population of wild tigers.