Pilibhit tiger reserve gets the first TX2 award:

Question 1

Who got the T X 2 (meaning tiger multiplied by 2) award for having doubled the number of tigers?

Answer 1

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Uttar Pradesh

Question 2

Who got TX2 Conservation Excellence Award for 2020?

Answer 2

Transboundary Manas Conservation Area straddling the India-Bhutan border.

-Transboundary Manas Conservation Area or TraMCA comprising the 500 sq. km. Manas National Park in Assam and the 1,057-sq. km. Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan.

Question 3

What is TX2?

Answer 3

• global award which was set up in 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia by international organizations working for tiger conservation like WWF, UNDP, IUCN, Global Tiger Fund (GTF), CATS and The Lion’s Share
• leaders of 13 tiger range countries resolved to do more for the tiger and embarked on efforts to double its number in the wild, with a popular slogan ‘T X 2’.

Question 4

What are other conservation efforts in India?

Answer 4

• The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has launched the M-STrIPES (Monitoring System for Tigers – Intensive Protection and Ecological Status), a mobile monitoring system for forest guards.
• The Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) program of the World Bank, using its presence and convening ability, brought global partners together to strengthen the tiger agenda.
• Over the years, the initiative has institutionalised itself as a separate entity in the form of the Global Tiger Initiative Council (GTIC), with its two arms –the Global Tiger Forum and the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Program.
• The Project Tiger, launched way back in 1973, has grown to more than 50 reserves amounting to almost 2.2% of the country’s geographical area.

Question 5

Location

Answer 5

https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/wildlife/tigerreserves.htm