Nepal Doubles Its Tigers
With rangers, wildlife corridors and over 450 community anti-poaching units, Nepal nearly tripled its wild tigers in 13 years (NTNC).
Image: Ambish Kazi via Wikimedia Commons (Royal Bengal Tiger, Bardia, Nepal, CC BY-SA 4.0).
Last reviewed: 1 source cited
Nepal became the first country to double its wild tigers.
Nepal's tigers rose from 121 in 2009 to 355 in 2022 (Nepal's national tiger survey, via NTNC).
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
Explain Like I'm 10
- Tigers were disappearing from Asia because of hunting and lost forests.
- Nepal promised to double its tigers, and protected forests and paths between them.
- Local communities helped stop poachers, and now Nepal has about three times as many tigers.
The Five W's of Nepal's tiger recovery
Who
Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Department of Forests and Soil Conservation, with NTNC and communities.
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
What
Protected habitat, restored corridors, anti-poaching units and a national tiger survey every four years.
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
When
Surveys in 2009, 2013, 2018 and 2022 counted 121, 198, 235 and 355 tigers.
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
Where
Nepal's lowland parks, including Banke and Parsa National Parks, and corridors to India.
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
Why
Wild tigers had fallen by 97% in a century, to about 3,200 by 2010.
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
Impact Statement
Government solution · active
Nepal is officially the first country to double its tiger population, meeting the 2010 pledge (NTNC).
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
For Further Information: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
More than 450 community-based anti-poaching units have been formed in Nepal (NTNC).
How This Saves People & the Planet
For People
Communities take part in stewardship, and managing human-tiger conflict is a key next step (NTNC).
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
For Nature
As apex predators, tigers are linked to the health of forests and A community of living things and the place they live, like a reef or a forest, all depending on each other. Glossary (NTNC).
Source: NTNC, Nepal is the first country to double its tiger population (July 2022)
Learn More About Nepal's Tigers
Want to go deeper? NTNC tells the story of the survey.
For Further InformationRelated Solutions
More solutions like this one, matched by meaning.
Help This Work
Links go straight to the organization. Saving Planets doesn't receive any of the money.