India’s wildlife recovery needs sustained conservation and local action
Quick dive
- The Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats scheme supports recovery action for 24 identified species and their habitats, with research, habitat improvement, protection and community participation.
- India occupies 2.4% of the world’s land area but supports nearly 8% of its flora and 7.5% of its fauna; it contains parts of four of 36 global biodiversity hotspots.
- Of 7,516 Indian animal species assessed for the IUCN Red List, 1,012 are threatened, but the assessment covers only 7.2% of documented animal species.
- Examples of recovery include 1,303 Nilgiri tahrs in 2025 and 1,364 in 2026, and Madhya Pradesh’s vulture count rising from 8,397 in 2019 to 12,981 in 2025 after measures including the diclofenac ban.
- exam_relevance: supplies exact, testable figures—24 target species, 2.4% land/8% flora/7.5% fauna, 1,012 threatened animals and vulture/tahr trends—and echoes UPSC’s repeated species-conservation and IUCN-status questions, while linking them to policy instruments and community participation.
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