Standing for Tigers Foundation

formed in 2014, standing for tigers foundation (sftf), was setup with the belief of coming up with an alternative community-based solutions for conservation, livelihood and management of forests. india has designated 50 tiger reserves,166 national parks and 515 wildlife sanctuaries and more than 400,000 people, tribals , live in these protected areas. the communities living in and around india’s forests depend heavily on the forest and the forest depends heavily on the animals inhabited in the jungle. saving the tiger means we save the forest, since the tiger cannot live in places where there are no trees, no food and no water. if we make sure to save the tiger, we will also have to save its prey base. to save all the other animals that the tiger eats, we must save all the trees, grass and other plants that these prey animals need for food are protected. in short, in this way the whole forest gets saved! saving the tiger means indirectly saving the forests and in turn saving the enviro