Nepal has successfully achieved its national target by doubling the wild tiger population in 12 years. Nepal has officially now 355 individual tigers, a more than 190 percent increase since 2009.
It was officially announced at a press conference organized at the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu on the occasion of World Tiger Day, 2022 Friday.
There were 121 tigers in Nepal in 2010, 198 in 2013 and 235 in 2018.
According to the National Tiger and Food Species Survey Report, 2022, the tiger population has increased by 51 percent in the last four years.
International Tiger Day is celebrated on Jul.29 every year to raise awareness about the endangered species since 2010, when 13 tiger range countries came together to launch the Tx2 initiative, a global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022.
Nepal started the tiger census on Dec.5, 2021, and completed it on Mar.12.
The Nepal government first started the tiger census in 1995. At that time, there were only 98 tigers.
Tiger numbers in Nepal have steadily risen since the St. Petersburg declaration in 2010 when all 13 range countries committed to double the tiger numbers by 2022.
According to the census report, Nepal has 355 tigers including 41 in and around Parsa National Park, 128 in and around Chitwan National Park and forest area, 25 each in and around Banke National Park, 125 in and around Bardiya National Park and 36 in Shuklaphanta Laljhadi Jogbudha area.
The survey was undertaken in 15 districts under the Terai Arc Landscape so as to ascertain the tiger population, stated a press release issued by Secretary at the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Dr. Pem Narayan Kandel.
Apart from Nepal, the Panthera tigris Tigris, or the mainland Asian tiger, is found in India, China, Bhutan, Russia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Laos.
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