Project Tiger

The first tiger reserves:

The selected areas had to meet various criteria before inclusion into the scheme:

had experienced little disturbance.

high development potential in that the number of animals, both prey and predator, was high.

no drilling, mining, or timber harvesting ventures.

were in different States so that responsibility for management could be evenly distributed.

The initial reserves were:

Bandipur
Corbetts
Kanha
Manas
Melghat
Palamau
Ranthambhore
Similipal
Sundarbans

An unpopular move:

It is a little-known fact that the period prior to the official ban on shooting, and the implementation of Project Tiger, was one of the worst-ever for tigers. It seems everyone wanted to bag a trophy before the law changed and prevented them doing so.

Few conservation programmes are ever popular at the beginning. They cost money, impose unwanted restrictions, often interfere with the plans of big business, and show no economic gain to offset any of this.

Project Tiger - Page 1&2: Development Of Project Tiger | 3: Initial Successes | 4: An Alarming Reversal |
5: Project Tiger Today

Wild Tigers Index | Home