The conservation of tigers and other wildlife in oil palm plantations
The conservation of tigers and other wildlife in oil palm plantations
The conservation of tigers and other wildlife in oil palm plantations
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L<strong>and</strong>scape occupancy<br />
In a response to the disappearance <strong>of</strong> <strong>tigers</strong> on the plantation, a rapid occupancy<br />
survey <strong>of</strong> the entire plantation <strong>and</strong> logg<strong>in</strong>g concession l<strong>and</strong>scape was conducted <strong>in</strong><br />
2005, with one <strong>of</strong> the objectives be<strong>in</strong>g to determ<strong>in</strong>e whether the orig<strong>in</strong>al plantation<br />
<strong>tigers</strong> had moved or disappeared. <strong>The</strong> results revealed no tiger evidence with<strong>in</strong> the<br />
plantation concession <strong>and</strong> none <strong>of</strong> the <strong>tigers</strong> recorded <strong>in</strong> 2001-4 were photographed<br />
<strong>in</strong> the forest concession 1<br />
. A further three <strong>in</strong>dividuals were photographed <strong>and</strong><br />
occupancy <strong>of</strong> the l<strong>and</strong>scape was estimated at 9% (+/- 5%). Mapp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> tiger sign<br />
encounters revealed two areas <strong>of</strong> the forest concession where <strong>tigers</strong> were still<br />
detected, but no sign <strong>of</strong> <strong>tigers</strong> occurred near the plantation (Figure 23).<br />
1<br />
In 2006 a repeat <strong>of</strong> the occupancy survey revealed one <strong>of</strong> the orig<strong>in</strong>al forest concession <strong>tigers</strong>, Mo,<br />
still surviv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the east <strong>of</strong> the forest concession<br />
Wildlife <strong>conservation</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>oil</strong> <strong>palm</strong> <strong>plantations</strong> 39
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