Tiger tourism is back – with conditions
India’s Supreme Court has lifted a ban on tiger tourism in one fifth of core sanctuary areas while endorsing the central government’s strict new guidelines on the activity.
The environment ministry is yet to demarcate the 20% of core areas in which tiger tourism will be permitted.
State governments have been told to prepare their conservation plans for seven new tiger reserves within six months.
The tiger conservation authority plans to create a national database of tigers. Each tiger would be given an identification number so that the authority knows if any tiger is missing or is killed.
Tiger tourism was suspended in July when the Supreme Court issued a temporary banning order following complaints that commercial activity was threatening the native tiger population.
India’s total number of tigers has gone up from 1,411 in 2006 to 1,706 in 2010.
Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, safari operators have been seeking a meeting with the government in the hope of overturning a presidential ban on camping inside the country’s national parks, a decision announced without notice nine days ago.
Safari operators have suffered cancellations following the move to allow only day tours inside the parks.
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