:
(a) whether any meeting of the top wildlife officials from all States was called
by the Unsoa Government regarding the method of counting tigers ;
(b) if so, whether some guidelines have been laid down regarding the same ;
(c) if so, the details thereof ;
(d) the names of the tiger-inhabited States which participated in the said
meeting ; and
(e) the number of tigers at present in each tiger-inhabited State ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA)
(a) Yes, Sir. A workshop was held on 29-08-2005 in collaboration with the Wildlife
Institute of India at New Delhi for sensitizing the Principal Chief Conservator of
Forests and (iiief Wildlife Wardens of States and Field Directors of Tiger Reserves
and other officials from States involved in wildlife conservation, regarding the
enhanced methodology adopted for All India Estimation of tigers, large carnivores,
ungulates and habitat status, evaluation and monitoring.
(b)&(c)Yes Sir. A bilingual field guide (in English and Hindi) containing
datasheets for iield data collection pertaining to tiger, leopard and other
carnivores, sign encounter rate, data collection from line transacts, sampling
of vegetation, human disturbance and ungulate pellets, including identification
of major ungulate species, tracks of major carnivores and fecal pellets of wild
animals was provided to participants
(d) The names of tiger inhabitated States from where officials participated in
the workshop are at Annexure-I.
(e) The tiger estimation figures pertaining to the last All India Estimation, as
received from States, are at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-1
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1729 REGARDING GUIDELINES ON COUNTING
OF TIGERS DUE FOR REPLY ON 5-12-2005.
LIST OF TIGER INHABITING STATES WHEREFROM THE PARTICIPANTS
ATTENDED THE SENSITIZING WORKSHOP ON 29-08-2005 AT NEW DELHI
1. Maharashtra
2. Rajasthan
3. Chattisgarh
4. Karnataka
5. Orissa
6. West Bengal
7 Andhra Pradesh
8. Uttar Pradesh
9. Madhya Pradesh 10. Assam 11. Bihar 12. Uttranchal 13. Mizoram 14. Kerala 15. Jharkhand 16. Arunachal Pradesh 17. Tamil Nadu