Contents
Its Significance
Tiger Facts
Tigers Status and Distribution
Tiger Threats
Fate of the Tiger
Solutions
WWF Action Plan
 Rapid Response Fund
 Mission to Sundarbans
 Law Enforcement
 Awareness & Education
 Tiger Projects
 Country-Specific Projects
 Trans-Regional Projects


 Acknowledgements
 References


Action Plan


Introduction

During the 1998 Chinese Year of the Tiger, WWF has outlined a series of urgent and priority actions considered necessary to halt the rapid decline in tiger populations throughout the world. By making this the Year for the Tiger, WWF hopes to rally support at all levels - government, NGOs, local communities, and the public - to work together and save the species from extinction.

A few years ago WWF developed its Global Tiger Strategy as part of its focus on some of the most important conservation issues. The strategy set a series of priority actions for tiger conservation, including:

  • suppressing the illegal trade in tiger parts;
  • strengthening protected area management and anti-poaching operations;
  • improving the planning of protected areas and other tiger habitat zones;
  • carrying out key surveys and research;
  • promoting education and public awareness;
  • strengthening international collaboration; and
  • developing financial resources for tiger conservation.

Areas known as Tiger Conservation Units (TCUs) now provide the geographical focus for WWF tiger conservation. If they are protected and properly managed, they constitute the best guarantee for the long-term survival of the local tiger populations.

The Year of the Tiger is an opportunity for the WWF network to complement its continuing tiger projects by committing additional resources to a few selected activities which we believe are crucially important - for example:

  • setting up  a rapid response tiger emergency fund;
  • a field mission to survey and propose a tiger management plan for the Sundarbans of Bangladesh;
  • supporting the strengthening of controls on illegal trade in tiger parts in key countries; and
  • worldwide public awareness and education.

                   



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