Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change inaugurates National Workshop on Tiger Re-introduction in Rajasthan

Key facts

• The Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) inaugurated the National Workshop on “Tiger Re-introduction: Opportunities & Challenges” in Alwar, Rajasthan, organised by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
• The workshop marked 18 years of tiger reintroduction in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, which is the world’s first successful scientific reintroduction of tigers into a landscape where the species had become locally extinct in 2005 and now supports 56 tigers.
• India has increased the number of tiger reserves from 46 to 58 over the past decade and successfully achieved the St. Petersburg Declaration target of doubling its wild tiger population by 2022.
• Successful tiger reintroduction was noted in Panna and Sariska Tiger Reserves due to community support, whereas success was not achieved in the Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Odisha due to a lack of community support.
• Three publications were released during the event: Road Map on Active Management of Tigers in India, Booklet on Reintroduction and Recovery of Tigers in India, and the Annual Report of Project Cheetah September 2024–December 2025.