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{{Short description|Indian tiger monitoring software}}
'''M-STrIPES''', short for ''Monitoring System for Tigers - Intensive Protection and Ecological Status'', is a software-based monitoring system launched across Indian tiger reserves by the Indian government's [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]] (NTCA) in 2010.<ref name=portal/><ref>{{cite web|website=National Tiger Conservation Authority / Project Tiger|title=FAQ|url=http://projecttiger.nic.in/Faq/121_1_Faq.aspx}}</ref> The system's objective is to strengthen patrolling and surveillance of the Endangered [[Bengal tiger]]. Forest guards in tiger reserves are equipped with personal digital assistants and [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] devices to capture data relating to tiger sightings, deaths, wild life crime and ecological observations while patrolling.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2017/feb/08/m-stripes-to-monitor-str-from-april-1568257.html|newspaper=The New Indian Express|title=M-STrIPES to monitor STR from April|date=8 February 2017}}</ref> The software system maps the patrol routes of forest guards, and the resulting data are then analyzed in a geographic information system. This is intended to enhance the effectiveness and spatial coverage of patrols.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/archive/ictsfordevelopment/m-stripes-to-monitor-tiger-conservation-efforts#.WUfPDPmGPIU|title=M-STrIPES to monitor tiger conservation efforts|website=OneWorld South Asia|access-date=2017-06-19|archive-date=2017-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622172247/http://southasia.oneworld.net/archive/ictsfordevelopment/m-stripes-to-monitor-tiger-conservation-efforts#.WUfPDPmGPIU|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additional target outcomes are the evaluation of human pressure and ongoing monitoring of habitat change.<ref name=portal>{{cite web|url=http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/mstripes-ppt.pdf|title="MSTrIPES": Monitoring System for Tigers – Intensive Protection & Ecological Status|website=India Environment Portal}}</ref>

The android-based software will be used across all national Tiger reserves of the country. Use of the system in the [[Pench Tiger Reserve]] is reported to have resulted in "a significant check in anti-forest and anti-wildlife activities".{{cn|date=June 2017}}

==References==
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