Project Tiger, a tiger conservation initiative, is begun in India's Jim Corbett National Park in 1973.
Project Tiger is a tiger conservation effort initiated by the Government of India in April 1973, during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's reign. The initiative seeks to provide a sustainable population of Bengal tigers in their native habitats, protect them from extinction, and preserve regions of ecological value as a natural legacy that represent the diversity of ecosystems across the country's tiger range. The task group for the project envisioned these tiger reserves as breeding centres from which surplus tigers would move to neighbouring forests. Funds and commitment were raised to support the project's extensive habitat conservation and rehabilitation effort.
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