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UPSC Prelims

Environment / पर्यावरण

Theme:

ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: POLICIES, MINISTRIES ETC.

Q 2017, ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: POLICIES, MINISTRIES ETC.

The term ‘M-STrIPES’ is sometimes seen in the news in the context of

M-STrIPES stands for Monitoring System for Tiger intensive protection and ecological status.

It was launched across Indian tiger reserves by the Indian government's National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in 2010.

Its objective is to strengthen patrolling and surveillance of the Endangered Bengal tiger.

Forest guards in tiger reserves are equipped with personal digital assistants and GPS devices to capture data relating to tiger sightings, deaths, wildlife crime and ecological observations while patrolling.

M-STrIPES का अर्थ है Monitoring System for Tiger intensive protection and ecological status।

यह भारतीय सरकार के National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) द्वारा 2010 में भारतीय बाघ अभयारण्यों में शुरू किया गया था।

बाघ अभयारण्यों में वन रक्षकों को व्यक्तिगत डिजिटल सहायक (personal digital assistants) और GPS उपकरणों से लैस किया गया है ताकि गश्त के दौरान बाघों की दृष्टि, मृत्यु, वन्यजीव अपराध और पारिस्थितिक अवलोकनों से संबंधित डेटा को कैप्चर किया जा सके।

Q . 2017, ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: POLICIES, MINISTRIES ETC.

M-STrIPES
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