Mapping of the tiger reserves mentioned "EMPOWER IAS"

In news:

• The Environment Ministry has released the names of the 14 tiger reserves that had received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured|Tiger Standards (CA|TS), an accreditation tool agreed upon by tiger range countries.

 

Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards (CA|TS)

• CA|TS is a set of criteria which allows tiger sites to check if their management will lead to successful tiger conservation. CA|TS is organised under seven pillars and 17 elements of critical management activity.
• CA|TS was developed by tiger and protected area experts. Officially launched in 2013, CA|TS is an important part of Tx2, the global goal to double wild tiger numbers by the year 2022.

 

Significance

• CATS accreditation is a global recognition of good tiger governance.
• This recognition means a lot in the context of adaptation to climate change, sustainability of ecosystem services, and safeguarding disruption of zoonotic cycles, through an umbrella species approach.
• The aspects monitored for accreditation include the importance and status of a reserve, management, community participation, tourism, protection, habitat management, and tiger populations.

 

Which are the 14 reserves?

The 14 tiger reserves which have been accredited are:

• Manas, Kaziranga and Orang in Assam,
• Satpura, Kanha and Panna in Madhya Pradesh,
• Pench in Maharashtra,
• Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar,
• Dudhwa in Uttar Pradesh,
• Sunderbans in West Bengal,
• Parambikulam in Kerala,
• Bandipur Tiger Reserve of Karnataka and
• Mudumalai and Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu