About Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards:
- It is a global framework designed to assess the effectiveness of tiger reserve management and protection.
- It was launched at the 1st Asian Parks Congress in Japan in 2013.
- CA|TS is a global certification system that ensures effective management specifically of tiger conservation areas.
- It sets benchmarks for protection, habitat management, community involvement, and wildlife monitoring.
- CA|TS helps identify strengths and improvement areas within reserves, supporting efforts to create safe, sustainable environments for tigers and preserve global biodiversity.
- Structure:
- CA|TS consists of seven pillars (Importance and status, Management, Community, Tourism (optional), Protection, Habitat management, Tiger populations) and 17 elements with standards and criteria for managing tiger conservation areas.
- Five of these pillars are applicable to conservation area management in general and represent the Conservation Assured (CA) aspect of the scheme; the two final pillars focus specifically on management issues related to tiger conservation – the Tiger Standards (TS).
- The Global Tiger Forum (GTF) and World Wildlife Fund India are the two implementing partners of the National Tiger Conservation Authority for CA|TS assessment in India.
- The list of 15 Tiger Reserves who received CA|TS accreditation:
- Kaziranga, Manas, Orang and Nameri Tiger Reserve, Assam
- Sundarbans, West Bengal
- Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar
- Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Uttar Pradesh
- Kanha, Panna and Satpuda Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
- Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
- Anamalai and Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu
- Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Kerala
- Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka.
