Project Tiger: There were about 40,000 tigers during 1909-10 in India. Some one lakh tigers roamed in wild in Asia in 1920. This number was reduced to 2500 by the year 1972. The scheme Project Tiger was launched on 1st April, 1973 by WWF to ensure maintenance of viable population of the tigers in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural [...]
Short Essay on Endangered Species in India Over the last few centuries, however, the soaring human and cattle populations have brought extreme pressures upon our natural resources. This trend keeping pace, with the rise in population started making a tangible impact upon the resources-potential during the last few centuries and since the turn of the century has been gaining momentum, [...]
Endangered species are living things whose population is so reduced that they are threatened with extinction. Thousands of species are included in this category. The International Union for the Conservation of nature and Natural Resources published a list of threatened mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and plants. Plants and animals hold medicinal, agricultural, ecological, commercial and aesthetic/recreational value. Endangered species must [...]