National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).

Why in news?

• Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change chaired the 20th NTCA in Arunachal Pradesh.
• It released the three reports
  • Tiger Reintroduction and Supplementation in Wild Protocol
  • Forest Fire Audit protocol for tiger reserve
  • Technical manual on Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of tiger reserve. MEE exercise in tiger reserves was initiated in 2006 and four cycles have been completed.
• National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
• It was established in 2005following the recommendations of the Tiger Task Force.
• It was constituted under enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972,as amended in 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation, as per powers and functions assigned to it.
• It approves the Tiger Conservation Plan prepared by the State Governments.