Thailand Tiger Action Plan - Global Tiger Initiative

Activities to Achieve the ObjectivesActivities to achieve the objectives are very important in this action plan toguide the implementation process and evaluation. To ease the use of theaction plan, activities are grouped hierarchically under each of 5 priorityactions and related objectives. Under each objective, key challenges andopportunities are addressed to set the state of the updated situation inwhich activities that follow are deemed important. An expected outcomeand duration and location of the activities are also addressed under eachobjective.Priority Action 1: Strengthening direct conservation actionand enforcementObjective 1:Challenge:Promote conservation efforts at the scale of entirepopulations (e.g., forest complex and associatedcorridors)Conservation efforts at the landscape scale are themost important in tiger conservation and recovery, butthe majority of areas still lack of efficiency.Opportunity: Systematic management and enforcement systemsunder the Smart Patrol System inside the core area ofTenasserim - WEFCOM and wildlife crime units outsidethe protected area have become a model for Thailand instriving for the recovery of wild tigers.Expected outcome: The real landscape protection cost, actions, andactivities to stop bleeding and to recover wild tigers areunderstood and adopted at the policy level.Duration and locations: 12 years, Tenasserim – WEFCOM as thetiger source site and DP-KY as the potential source site.Activities necessary to accomplish this objective:Activity 1:Activity 2:Activity 3:Strengthen and standardize the “MIST-based SmartPatrol System” in protected areas of current tiger sourceand potential source sites, including Tenasserim –WEFCOM and DP-KY.Increase the number of competent park ranger teamspatrolling in each protected area of priority landscapesup to the level that can effectively secure tigers andtheir prey.Strengthen wildlife crime units and informant networksaround the Tenasserim – WEFCOM and DP-KY tosuppress local demands of wild meat and illegal wildlifetrade and help apprehend wildlife criminals aroundprotected areas.