Thailand Tiger Action Plan - Global Tiger Initiative

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Section 1: Background and Context[1 Full title page with image(s)]
IntroductionThe tiger, Panthera tigris, is one of the world's most magnificent animals.Classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species(IUCN 1996 amended by Cat Specialist Group 2001) the tiger faceswidespread extinction in the near future if poaching, habitat loss, and preydepletion continue. In the last 25 years, a significant number ofpopulations have gone extinct across the species’ range and many othersare on the verge of local extinction.Tigers in Thailand face similar threats to those in other range states andboth the range and number of tigers have continued to decline in Thailanddue to direct poaching of tigers driven by a thriving illicit commercialwildlife trade, poaching of tiger’s prey driven by local demands on wildmeat as delicacy, and land encroachment within and around protectedareas driven by a mixture of inefficient law enforcement and land use.However, tigers still occur in many protected areas in different parts of thecountry. Unfortunately tigers in most areas exist in the vulnerable stateswith populations far below a viable level. It is clear that only one landscapestands out as the stronghold of the largest tiger populations in Thailandand, perhaps, Southeast Asia. The landscape is very well acknowledgedas the Western Forest Complex along the Tenasserim mountain rangealong the border with Myanmar. The highest density of tigers are at thecore of WEFCOM within the Huai Kha Khaeng and Thung Yai NaresuanWildlife Sanctuaries (HKK-TY), a Natural World Heritage site.Since the last Tiger Action Plan published in 2004, important interventionsand monitoring with the tiger focus have happened in the WEFCOM andsome other protected areas along the Tenasserim. The government ofThailand under the leadership of the Department of National Parks,Wildlife, and Plant Conservation, together with other local and internationalpartners, has modernized the patrol and monitoring systems in wildlifesanctuaries and national parks within Tenasserim – WEFCOMlandscapes. Such systems have been incorporated into this action plan inthe hope of scaling up the systems to safeguard and recover wild tigers inexisting and potential tiger landscapes in Thailand.This plan represents a substantial revision of Thailand’s first Tiger ActionPlan published in 2004 (Tunhikorn et al. 2004). Key additions and changesinclude:• Several new goals and actions that make up the heart of the plan• An explicit specification of a 12 year time horizon for the plan• Formulation of the plan as a mechanism to provide strategicguidance for tiger conservation in Thailand (rather than detailedoperational prescriptions)• A revised “Status of Tigers in Thailand” that reflects recent work todetermine the occurrence, relative abundance, and absoluteabundance of tigers at the national and site levels
Page 1: Thailand Tiger Action Plan2010-2022
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Page 7 and 8: PrefaceAs the Director General of t
Page 9 and 10: Executive SummaryClassified as enda
Page 11: Abbreviations and AcronymsASEAN-WEN
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Page 29 and 30: VisionBy 2022 tigers have recovered
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Page 35 and 36: Objective 5:Challenge:Support local
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Page 43 and 44: Policy Change to Support the Object
Page 45 and 46: Literature CitedCat Specialist Grou
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Page 49 and 50: Appendix 1 Actions, Indicators and
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