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Tiger recorded in Maharashtra's Beed district after nearly a century
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A tiger returns to Beed after a century: the NTCA statutory-body question Prelims keeps close
A camera trap has recorded a male tiger in Beed, Maharashtra, nearly a century after local extinction.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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A four-year-old male tiger weighing more than 200 kg was recorded on a camera trap in the Brahmgaon forest range of Ashti tehsil, Beed district, Maharashtra.
Local records show tigers disappeared from the area close to a hundred years ago, making the sighting a rare wildlife event.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority, a statutory body, oversees tiger conservation in India.
మూలాలు: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ముఖ్య వాస్తవాలు
Remember these
- A four-year-old male tiger weighing over 200 kg was camera-trapped in Brahmgaon forest range, Ashti tehsil, Beed district, Maharashtra.
- Local records show tigers vanished from the area nearly a hundred years ago.
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body overseeing tiger conservation in India.
- The NTCA got statutory status through the 2006 amendment to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Camera trapping is a standard non-invasive method for monitoring elusive wildlife.
ప్రిలిమ్స్ · మెయిన్స్
How the exam will ask it
ప్రిలిమ్స్
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body constituted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006.
- The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 regulates diversion of forest land; it does not create the NTCA.
- The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 established the National Biodiversity Authority, a different body from the NTCA.
- Camera traps are used to monitor tiger presence and populations without disturbing the animals.
మెయిన్స్
GS-III (Environment): the reappearance of a tiger in a district where it was locally extinct highlights the value of habitat recovery and connectivity. The statutory framework under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the NTCA guides tiger conservation. Way forward: protect and restore corridors, manage human-wildlife conflict with timely compensation and community involvement, and keep scientific monitoring such as camera trapping.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was constituted as a statutory body through an amendment to which Act?
- The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
- The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
- The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
- The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
సమాధానం చూడండి
సమాధానం: C — The correct answer is The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The 2006 amendment to this Act gave the NTCA statutory status.
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