{"id":57401,"date":"2025-07-30T13:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57401"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:39:02","slug":"international-tiger-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/international-tiger-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"International Tiger Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>International Tiger Day Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India joined 12 other nations on July 29 to mark International Tiger Day 2025, a global event to raise awareness about tiger conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About International Tiger Day<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is observed on <\/span><b>July 29 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">each year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a platform to <\/span><b>raise awareness about tiger conservation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is celebrated worldwide to promote comprehensive efforts in safeguarding tigers and their natural habitats, fostering harmonious coexistence between humans and tigers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Theme of International Tiger Day 2025:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c <\/span><b>Securing the future of Tigers with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at the heart\u201c.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>International Tiger Day History<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Tiger Day, commonly referred to as International Tiger Day, was <\/span><b>established during the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia in 2010.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The summit brought together 1<\/span><b>3 tiger-range countries, including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Malaysia, and Russia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following alarming reports that only around 3,000 tigers remained in the wild.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The participating nations <\/span><b>adopted the \u201cTx2\u201d goal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the summit, which aimed to <\/span><b>double the global tiger population by 2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through joint conservation efforts and stronger protection laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>29th of July was chosen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as International Tiger Day because it represents the <\/span><b>halfway point between the first and last days of the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the ongoing international campaign to rescue tigers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Tiger Population in India<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India now supports the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest tiger population.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While holding <\/span><b>only 18% of the world\u2019s tiger habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and facing the highest human density among tiger-range countries, India accounts for<\/span><b> 75% of the world\u2019s wild tigers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>More than 3,600 tigers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now roam the country\u2019s forests, <\/span><b>double the number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recorded just over <\/span><b>a decade ago.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These tigers live across 138,200 sq.km. of forest, roughly half the size of the UK, often sharing the land with 60 million people. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">This success comes from decades of conservation efforts, particularly under a national initiative known as <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/project-tiger\/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Tiger<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/new-updates\/international-tiger-day-2025-theme-why-tigers-are-important-and-how-india-doubled-its-tiger-population-in-just-a-decade\/articleshow\/122953023.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Tiger Day is observed on July 29 each year to raise awareness about tiger conservation. 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