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Tribal girls using bamboo saplings in a

nursery at Mukhall near Slent Valley

by women Tolk
Iribal women selling minor forest produce Leaf Jitter collection
Fig. 2.1

Act was implemented in 1972, with various Project Tiger


provisions for protecting habitats. An all Tiger is one of the key wildlite species in
India list of protected species was also the founal web. In 1973, the authorities
published. The thrust of the programme was realised that the tiger population had
towards protecting the remaining population dwindled to 1,827 from an estimated
of certain endangered species by banning 55,000 at the turn of the century. The major
hunting, giving legal protection to their threats to tiger populotion ore numerous,
habitats, and restricting trade in wildlife. such as poaching for trade, shrinking
Subsequently, central and many state habitat, depletion of prey base species,
governments established national parks and growing human population, etc. The trade
wildlife sanctuaries about which you have of tiger skins and the use of their bones in
already studied. The central government also traditional medicines, especially in the
announced several projects for protecting Asian countries left the tiger population on
specific animals, which were gravely the verge of extinction. Since India and
threatened, including the tiger, the one Nepal provide habitat to about two-thirds
horned rhinoceros, the Kashmir stag or of the surviving tiger population in the
hangul, three types of crocodiles - fresh world, these two nations become prime
water crocodile, saltwater crocodile andthe targets for poaching and illegal trading.
Gharial, the Asiatic lion, and others. Most "Project Tiger", one of the well
recently, the Indian elephant, black buck publicised wildlife campaigns in the world,
(chinkara). the great Indian bustard was launched in 1973. Tiger conservation
(godawan) and the snow leopard, etc. have has been viewed not only as an efort to
been given full or partial legal protection save an endangered species, but with
against hunting and trade throughout India.

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