Sentences with phrase «for tiger conservation»

These video camera traps show that Bukit Batabuh area is an important habitat for the Sumatran tiger in Riau, functioning as a wildlife corridor, hence it becomes a priority area for tiger conservation.

Two years ago, during the International Forum for Tiger Conservation in St. Petersburg, unattended by Panthera [and covered here], grand promises including a «new» $ 330 million dollar pledge for tiger conservation were made by international NGOs, governments, political leaders, celebrities and others (much of which had already been designated for tiger projects).

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Addressing these very clear threats remains the top priority for the allocation of scarce tiger conservation resources.

In the Huangnihe conservation district, a patchwork of old growth forest and reforested former logging areas adjacent to Jilin's two main tiger habitat reserves, Huangnihe forest reserve director Li Cheng is working with scientists and conservation groups to find alternative jobs for locals, for example by training loggers and poachers as organic honey farmers.

Aditya Joshi, a researcher with the Wildlife Conservation Trust and an author on the paper, says, «Conservation of corridors and forest areas outside of the protected area network is critical for long - term demographic and genetic viability of many endangered species and future growth and recovery of tiger populations.»

Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Ullas Karanth talks about his July, 2016, Scientific American article on state - of - the - art techniques for tracking tigers and estimating their populations and habitat health.

Yet crucially, parks agencies and local communities have become dependent on tourism funding, and much of it pays for work that keeps poachers at bay — the key conservation concern for Bengal tigers.

Leopards are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List as «threatened,» and according to Saffoe, poaching rates are similar to those of tigers.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

Panthera's local partner in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society, has also worked with the Government to establish tiger reserve status for Kawaal Wildlife Sanctuary.

The paper, «A landscape - based conservation strategy to double the wild tiger population,» is being published in Conservation Letters and is fully available online for theconservation strategy to double the wild tiger population,» is being published in Conservation Letters and is fully available online for theConservation Letters and is fully available online for the time being.

In a statement, Joe Walston, who directs programs in Asia for the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is working with the Thai government on tiger conservation projects, noted that the push against poachers has come at a signiConservation Society, which is working with the Thai government on tiger conservation projects, noted that the push against poachers has come at a signiconservation projects, noted that the push against poachers has come at a significant cost.

The designation could increase the area of forest conserved within oil palm plantations provided it has high conservation significance, such as serving as habitat for endangered species like orangutans, Sumatran tigers, and rhinos.

Rabinowitz makes two points which really make you sit up: 1) conservation groups really need to be held accountable for their efforts at big cat conservation, and 2) even with massively reduced habitat tiger populations could be ten times higher than they are today.Rabinowitz says that the world's 2500 - 3000 wild tigers live on just 5 - 7 % of their former range, but even that small about of remaining habitat «could probably hold up to 30,000 tigers right now at reasonable densities.»

If there's any watchdog out there, it should be us, and if there is anybody who's held accountable for decreasing tiger numbers and eventually possible tiger extirpation on this world, it is us as the international conservation community.

The designation protects some of the last expanses of closed forest in the Indo - Pacific region and is one of the most important ecosystems, including wetlands, for the long - term conservation of large mammals such as tigers, clouded leopards, and Asian elephants.

For wide - ranging, low - density species like the tiger, conservation planning at the landscape level is necessary, landscapes need to remain permeable to tiger movements, and source sites have to remain embedded in those larger landscapes.

The Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program is working with local partners to incorporate this area within the park, doubling the size of the protected area for tigers and other endangered wildlife.

The dogs were trained by University of Washington's Center for Conservation Biology and were tasked with sniffing out tiger scat, which was then studied by scientists to learn more about the dwindling tiger population in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia.