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The Tiger Task Force under the Chairmanship of Ms. Sunita Narain along with members – Prof. Madhav Gadgil and Shri H.S. Panwar visited several Tiger Reserves - Pench in Maharashtra, Kanha and Pench in Madhya Pradesh from 8th June 2005 to 11th June 2005.
During the field visits, the Tiger Task Force made an appraisal of field implementation, protection initiatives and involvement of local communities, apart from relocation done in tiger reserves. Detailed interactions with field officers took place, apart from village visits and discussion with local fringe dwelling people. As many as 15 tigers were seen during field excursions.
In Kanha Tiger Reserve, the Task Force sighted in all 14 tigers and suckling cubs, which included one female and two cubs in Churi, three cubs and one tigress in Schaller Hide and one tigress at Link No.9 in Kanha range, and four cubs and one tigress in Chimta and one tigress at Naki Ghati in Kisli range.
In Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, the Task Force team could spot a tiger as well. In pursuant to the decision taken during the second meeting of the National Board for Wildlife held on 17TH March 2005, a Task Force for reviewing the management of Tiger Reserves was constituted on 19th April 2005 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests under the chairmanship of Ms. Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment.
The terms of reference of the Task Force are to suggest measures to strengthen tiger conservation in the country; to suggest measures to incentivise the local community in conservation of tigers; to suggest measures to incentivise local forest staff posted in sanctuaries/national parks and ensure an effective HR Plan for tiger conservation/wildlife managers; to suggest measures to improve the methodology of tiger counting and forecasting; to suggest methods of transparent professional audit of wildlife parks and placing data on tiger conservation in the public domain; and to suggest a new wildlife management paradigm that shares concerns of conservation with the public at large.
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