Myanmar - Global Tiger Initiative

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CONTENTSAcknowledgementsPrefaceForewordA Guide to Using This DocumentExecutive Summary of Findings and RecommendationsBackgroundSummary of activity and main findingsRecommendations for addressing conservation needs of tigersNational Tiger Action Plan for MyanmarIIIIIIIVIVIVIVVIVIIPART 1: Introduction 1PART 2: Threats to tigers 32.1 Hunting for commercial trade in tiger products 32.2 Prey depletion 32.3 Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation 52.4 Harassment and displacement 52.5 Genetic erosion 52.6 Protected area management 62.7 Social perception 6PART 3: Brief history of conservation planning for tigers in Myanmar 8PART 4: Status and distribution of tigers in Myanmar – 2002 94.1 Tiger status and distribution 94.2 Tiger population size 11PART 5: Rationale for a National Tiger Action Plan 135.1 Suppressing all killing of tigers and illegal trade in tiger products 155.2 Reducing killing of tiger prey species and associated trade 165.3 Improving forestry management to stop further loss of tigerhabitat and to restore degraded habitat 17
5.4 Improving forestry management to reduce intrusions oflocal people into tiger habitat, and improve planning to avoiddevelopment in tiger critical areas 175.5 Establishing protected area, ecological corridors and prioritymanagement areas to protect wild tigers and their habitat 185.6 Improving international cooperation and establish transboundaryprotected areas to maintain connectivity of tiger habitat acrossinternational boundaries 195.7 Monitoring the status of tiger and prey population to assessthe effectiveness of conservation efforts 195.8 Improving public awareness of the importance of tigerconservation to increase support from local people 205.9 Defining roles and responsibilities of personnel responsiblefor tiger conservation 21PART 6: Historical data, field methods and analysis 236.1 Past distributions of tiger in Myanmar 236.2 Quality and reliability of information 236.3 Characteristics of past distribution 246.4 Potential tiger areas 246.5 Rationale for tiger status survey program 256.6 Training and selection of Tiger Team members 266.7 Methodology 276.8 Results 32LITERATURE CITED 36List of FiguresFig. 1. Forest cover, existing and proposed protected areas of Myanmar– 2002 2Fig. 2. Historical (pre-1999) records of tiger occurrence in Myanmar 4Fig. 3. Tiger skin for sale in Tachileik market, Shan State 6Fig. 4. Wildlife for sale at Mongla market, Shan State 7Fig. 5. Logging reduces available habitat and alters habitat quality for tigers 7Fig. 6. Road construction opens up the forest facilitating access to poachers 7
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